Enkidu said:

Well I apologize for having been part of a back and forth me against you in some of this thread

I've taken things personally and made attacks because of it

I'm not trying to be one of the extremist on either side.

If I knew that

A) the vax was effective at reducing severity of symptoms and held minimal risk
B) the vax reduced the chance of spread
C) both a and b had long term effectiveness and did not worsen long term potential impact

Then I'd probably get the vax as a means of reducing the chance of other people ending up in the hospital as I personally have no fear of covid but would not want to be the cause of worsening someone's life or circumstances or toll on the hospital workers etc

Some of the stuff I've seen here has started to make me reconsider that the vax may meet my a b and c. Even if some of you are total dicks and I still don't agree with the way you view things or go about things etc etc. I mean you'll have a hard time forcing me to do anything I don't choose and just threatening that or threatening this or that makes me want to push back stronger,not the best way to go about things

My mistrust of the people giving out the vaccine and my paranoia and gut feeling of what's going on in the form of the social repercussions for mandates and forced vaccinations is what causes me to still remain hesitant.

As well as my personal experience of never having covid or symptoms and knowing many more people who have had covid with no real Ill effect or need for hospitalization, lots of stories from the people in my life who have dealt with it are very different from what I'm hearing is going on about the risk and severity.

But people working in hospitals etc seem to be in relative consensus on the damage it's having and the negative effect.

Idk.

I guess because I've had so very limited effect on my life besides outside forces forcing mandates, restrictions, and doing this and that, that's why I have the opinion I have and why I have my doubts etc and have my mistrust

I haven't experienced or seen what people tell me so it's hard for me to understand the need to do what they're saying to do.

To me it's like having no water in California and telling someone out east they need to conserve water

That's kinda how I'm feeling

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Enkidu said:

Well if you want one more death then try and take my freedom and we can find out who the little guy is

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Enkidu said:

Well idk where you're at but I'm not there.

Covid cases in my area are still down astronomically compared to what they were in January and April

I'll continue to stay out the way as I've done and not get the vax and stay healthy and happy without fear or anxiety

I'll wait and see how this plays out and I won't act like I know everything and know what's best and tell other people what to do

I'll simply make my own choices in regards to my health and my life as I've always done

And I won't go to your stores or your social events or burden you with my anti vax lower form of life

If you want to get the vax get the vax idc. I hope it actually works for you and last more than the time it takes for a new variant to appear or a resistant strain to emerge and I hope that it actually helps all the communities that are being impacted by covid

I hope everyone can be as blessed as I have been to be untouched and unscathed by this pandemic.

Good luck

I'll let you guys keep doing your thing over here on the shroomery covid message board of cool kids

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Enkidu said:

No offense but while some of you act like you could ever force me to do anything not a single one of you could.

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Enkidu said:

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