Radio host admits he was wrong on the vaccine.

You realize we've gone through a covid pandemic before, right? No where near as bad as this, but we already had a template of DNA to draw from, that's why the vaccine happened so quickly

In IGK3777’s defense, he is in a low population state and the risk is smaller because of it as long as he takes some precautions.

I got I as soon as I could because while I live rural, my job requires close contact with a large number of employees, some that live in large cities and refuse to get the vaccine.

Now as to the vaccine not being safe long term, it has been twenty years in the making since SARS of which COVID is part of. Think about how much studying we do today verses the vaccines they did for Polio, but thanks to it cemeteries stopped being mostly filled with children.

Fair enough. Risk assessment is a factor, but the factor within is such assessment is also the possibility of transmitting the virus to others who might be more susceptible to the fatal effects of the virus without you knowing you are doing so.

I still wear a mask because of my grandchildren being to young to get the vaccine. I don't want to risk their health because I hate wearing the damn thing.

Dude, I've said before that I am mostly sure the vaccine is safe. It's certainly effective. However, the cold fact remains that we can't possibly and know for certain how safe this particular vaccine is in the long term because it simply hasn't been around that long. I WANT to get it. I really do. But I can't justify doing so yet.

Don't cross the street. There are many unknowns of what could happen. Dig a tunnel instead.

Reductio ad absurdum. I can fully evaluate the entire gamut of risks inherent to crossing a given street.

Same with the vax vs covid.

Then prove without a doubt the vaccine won't cause a latent side effect at least a year after injection.

Oh wait...even the CDC can't do that...huh

Guess it's not like crossing a street after all.

digital vaccines aren't new.

No, but this specific one is. We didn't just test one vaccine that worked in a different way and then go, "You know what? We don't need to test this next one for the next few years. It's probably close enough."

Obviously shots we have work and so far are safe. But we literally don't know if it has long term side effects because it is so new.

so how come 2009 vax didn't cause all these imaginary side effects that have paranoid conservatives so worried?

When have I said it is/was guaranteed to do that?

2009 vax was tested same way. sars/covid isn't new.

If that were true then we'd not be under emergency use now would we? If it's a done deal then it'd be cleared at all levels.

Vaccines simply don't get a free pass if minor changes are made. Every version needs to be thoroughly tested. If you want it, get it! I'm waiting a little longer though.

you keep saying wait and see, which indicated you don't know anything about vax history and are just believing in the 'great lie' propaganda around trump's vax.

Nice non sequitur fallacy.

If the shots were exactly the same then we'd not have needed to test this version. Clearly changes were made, because we have had to run the full battery of tests on this one, and until that battery is done I'm not taking it.

It's that simple. Got it?

you just disproved your own point. tests were ran in 2009 and it was safe. tests were ran in 2020 and it's safe.

Except I haven't. This is not 100% identical to the 2009 shot, so we can't treat it like it is.

One year of development and testing has never been the normal bar for a vaccine.

you obviously don't understand how digital vaccines and virtual testing speeds up the development before clinical trials.

No, I understand it. As I've said before, I've seen nothing to indicate the vaccine is dangerous and I do think it is likely safe.

What you astoundingly fail to comprehend is that I refuse to take it for another several months because I am by nature a very cautious person. Before I stick something in my body I'd rather know for a fact it isn't going to screw me over harder than the disease it prevents. Since the COVID vaccine is simply too new to have observed any potential side effects over a long length of time, it is a relative unknown compared to COVID (the side effects of which we know quite well).

For people with my particular body type COVID is genuinely no more dangerous than a flu. I am willing to take those odds and live under mask conditions if need be than get a jab that we can't say with certainty WON'T cause some freak effect down the line.

Maybe it'll bite me in the butt. I'm a pretty lucky guy though.

Dude, you do realize we've had PLENTY of other pandemics before but they weren't as transferable and they didn't KILL US; it's ignorant statements like that is what's keeping us from stopping the spread of Covid. You DO also realize that if we DON'T stop the spread of Covid, all the restrictions will be put back in place? I don't know about you, but I like being able to walk outside, going to a restaurant, seeing my family, etc. because the rate of Covid is being controlled and the rate of illness and death are being eliminated.

I'm sorry, how is my statement ignorant?