First off, I would like to say that I don't support mandatory vaccinations.
But at the same time I also believe that people who choose not to be vaccinated should be restricted and what they are allowed to do in public.
anti-vaxxers claim that their rights are being violated when a restaurant refuses them service because they don't have a vaccine report card. I guess that they believe that it's their right to do whatever they want someone on else's property,.
I am all for them being allowed to choose not to get the vaccine but they shouldn't complain when business owners tell them to take their business elsewhere. their right to control their own body does not include the right to infringe upon the rights of others.
I am not an anti-vaxer and have gotten my vaccinations. That being said...here are some thoughts:
Cloth masks do ALMOST NOTHING to prevent someone from getting COVID-19.
- If I am walking in a store and just pass by people I stand less of a chance of getting the virus than if I were wearing a mask, standing next to someone, talking to them. It takes me about half a second to walk past someone, less time being exposed to the virus. If I am wearing a mask, someone's droplet gets on my mask or if the virus gets on my mask - I touch the mask, I touch my face / I take the mask off, the virus on the mask is on my hands - unless I wash my hands immediately, if I touch my face/nose/eyes I have COVID...If I don't wash / sanitize the mask every day after taking it off, I'm screwed.
If you are wearing your mask, walk into a restaurant, and you can smell the food, do you really think a microscopic virus can't get through the mask when the particles of food that you smell has?
The CDC has told the American people - like my doctor has - that prolonged wearing of the mask is physically and mentally UNhealthy for people, especially children.
The vaccines are proving less effective in preventing people from getting COVID...so the govt's answer is to get ANOTHER shot (a booster.....perhaps get one every year). Well, I just got mine 4 months ago and the Govt is saying maybe we all need a booster NOW...so, what....we get COVID shots TWICE a year...how about THREE times a year - once a quarter?! Really?
Here's an interesting argument that can be applied:
"MY Body, MY Choice"
- The anti-Pro-Choice crowd should recognize that one. 'No one can tell me what I have to do with my body', right? Nah, the left just moves the goal posts - they have an exception for every one of THEIR agendas/ideologies/arguments.
- People who don't want to get the vaccine are concerned about their rights but not others'? Ummm, we just touched on earlier that the vaccines are proving less effective preventing vaccinated people from getting COVID - People who have gotten the vaccine are getting COVID again. If that is the case, then why is is critical for us to force everyone to get the vaccine? 'It helps' / 'LESS of a chance', etc... I KNOW. I am just playing 'devil's advocate'.
The best argument I have seen for getting the vaccine is that if you do contract COVID-19 the symptoms / illness is less severe.
I have a weakened immune system. I got the vaccines because the military told me I had to. I didn't think twice about doing so, just researched a lot on which was the best to get at the time. Do I have reservations or concerns that the govt is pushing the entire population to get vaccines that have not been fully approved by the FDA? I would be lying if I said 'not even a little'.
More and more the govt, our leaders, 'experts', etc.. keep getting caught lying their assess off, and it reminds me how the US govt used to experiment on the US military.
Yes, the United States govt experimented on US troops by giving them LSD. Yes, the US govt experimented on soldiers by injecting Uranium into their systems and 'on-site nuclear testing. It happened.
I was one of many who were 'forced' to get Anthrax shots prior to being deployed to the ME and other locations for combat. Luckily I only got the 1st shot before the government shut it down, as the govt discovered the Anthrax shots produced long-term health problems that included Dizziness, respiratory problems, Swelling of the lips and throat, Rapid heartbeat, and even PTSD.
Some of the long-term side effects of the anthrax vaccine can include autoimmune
arthritis,
lupus, multiple sclerosis, and impaired motor skills. Veterans have experienced infertility, lupus, paralysis, blindness, and neurological damage. Some have even passed congenital defects on to their children, lost balance and coordination, and experienced cognitive impairment.
My point here is that in the past the US govt did knowingly and willingly experiment on Americans. I am not saying it happening now, but the fact that they have done so in the past without much reservation is enough to put that nugget in the back of your head.
Again, as I said, when I was told to get the COVID vaccine I did so without hesitation to be able to continue to serve (going on 35 years), even as a civilian.
I do not, however, readily condemn or curse anyone who does not want to get vaccinated. While many say they are 'conspiracy theorists' or 'nut jobs', the past has shown that they aren't all that crazy after all.
"Found in the Archives," Picture Show miniseries, features unusual archival material, found and curated by archive researcher Rich Remsberg. The first installment: an unsettling video of 1960s military LSD testing.
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There is plenty of evidence to suggest that the anthrax vaccine contributed to the collective chronic illnesses and disabilities known as Gulf War Syndrome.
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Federal Government will pay $4.8 million as compensation for injecting 12 people with radioactive materials in secret cold war experiments; Energy Sec Hazel R O'Leary says settlement is part of continuing effort to make amends for many unethical experiments carried out by Government doctors...
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