T minus 5 hours until my Covid booster. It appears I have successfully evaded acquiring some variant of that bastard virus between setting the appointment and actually getting the shot.
A friend and I disagree on boosters. He is research savvy & has reservations because of a small incidence of vax related myocarditis; a condition Covid infection can cause.
My having high moderate (not needing hospitalization) C19 experiences sways my risk/benefit analysis to boost. How about you?
@CanisPundit One of my oldest friends & former band mate has gone full-in on the anti-vax stance. He put a post up last week how Covid vaxes are killing more people than Covid itself (which is 'basically the flu')and that he doesn't want to hear from 'liberal idiots who have been brainwashed by Bill Gates'.
This despite the fact that a mutual friend came very close to dying at the start of Covid (and never fully recovered) and HIS OWN TWO BROTHERS were in ICU for 2 weeks with it! 🙄
@BillyBones my referenced friend has worked in clinical trials (private sector) and currently in clinical research (government). I understand what his experience teaches him and respect that. He is not off the rails and there can be legitimate disagreement without going all paranoiac. The scientific understanding of Covid continues and does so faster than the public's adapting to it.
Also, he has not the same degree of symptoms when testing positive as I. My experience last Winter rattled me.