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To: yard_man who wrote (30324)	7/12/2021 7:13:02 PM
From: ajtj99	1 Recommendation Recommended By Lou Weed Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 97475

I have a sister who very much shared your thinking through much of 2020 on Covid-19. However, that changed earlier this year when her hospital was overflowing with Covid-19 patients, the positivity rate surged to 18% in her community, and bodies were piling up outside the hospital in refrigerated containers. She did not want to get vaccinated, but got the JNJ shot after seeing this carnage up close. If you don't experience it first hand, there is a tendency to discount the pandemic. If you live in a rural area, simple math dictates that because of the lower population density, the chances of you hearing of someone who was hospitalized or died from Covid-19 is far lower than in a high density area. As for the vaccines, 538 per their polling, found peer pressure is an important driver in getting vaccines. Those who have not been vaccinated are likely to have friends and family who are also not vaccinated and even encourage people not to get vaccinated. Those who have been vaccinated are the opposite.

To: yard_man who wrote (30324)	7/12/2021 9:19:40 PM
From: Lee Lichterman III	5 Recommendations Recommended By ajtj99 Clam digger Jacob Snyder Lou Weed towerdog Respond to of 97475

Why not split the difference? I also had my doubts about the MRna vaccines so I got the JNJ one instead. I just shake my head at a lot of what I read here on SI. There are a couple threads I watch that I'm sure they are wearing tinfoil hats as they type their posts. Most of the links they post are some guy in his mother's basement doing podcasts that if they weren't talking about covid, would be about aliens, government conspiracies, flat earth, killer Easter bunnies etc. Do people really think they know more than highly trained medical researchers/immunologists? They point to India or Brazil for proof that ivermectin/HCQ working when cases were low there early on then ignore the results when suddenly they are leading the world in deaths from COVID. How convenient. People keep pointing to the low death rate but ignore the post covid complications. They are serious and long lasting. Just what we need. More people on disability sucking on the government teet. Nevermind those that are infected and act as an incubator for the next variant strain to emerge. Covid is real and it isn't going away until people stop thinking they know more than the experts. Is Fauci a political hack, yes, definitely. I wouldn't buy a used car from him. He's been caught lying multiple times but there are enough other experts that you can research and see the best course of action. Like I said, if you don't trust the mrNA, don't get the mRNA version. I got the JNJ and didn't get the one in a million side effect they announced this morning. I also hope to get the Noravax when it becomes available for my booster. I have enough medical issues that I would likely be high risk if I got covid though I have good vitamin D since I work outside.