Reported today in my city, with a population of 186,542, that around 35% will not get vaccinated.

[Ferrets are Cool]

As in refusing to get vaccinated. The news had a couple of people stating why and one of them made me particularly mad. The reason for not getting vaccinated? "I will put my faith in God".

I wanted so much to be able to ask this person a couple of questions. But the first one that came to mind was, if you were in a wreck and had a big gash in your side and were bleeding to death, would you "put your faith in God" to keep you from dying, or would you allow medical personnel to treat you?

I'm sure there are more reasonable and measured questions that should be asked of these people, but that was my first thought.

[msongs]

1. his god sent a disease to kill him. Im ok with that...as long as it kills

nobody else

[LizBeth]

2. What city or state? Curious.

[Ferrets are Cool]

3. Mobile, AL

[LizBeth]

11. Ah.. No surprise. Thanks.

[questionseverything]

4. I always put my faith in

God

He sent us scientists that developed a

Vaccine 💉

[Ferrets are Cool]

6. Actually, they worked their asses off for many, many years to learn those skills

God had nothing to do with it.

[questionseverything]

13. That's the cool thing about opinions

We all get to have our own

😎

[Ferrets are Cool]

24. Yup

[Scrivener7]

5. This new strain that's devastating Europe is going to mow a lot of them down in a month or so.

[StClone]

7. At work I had to quit simply asking "Did you get your shot yet!?"

So many anti-Science, Con, Trumpkin, goof balls would reply angrily stuff like "it's just the flu...I don't know what's in that crap...no!, it's all just bs..." I was then asking, "didn't you ever get small pox, rubella, mumps, diphtheria, tetanus, hepatitis...vaccines?!!" I had to knock it off because of undue negativity it was creating!

[Ferrets are Cool]

8. Scary isn't it?

[StClone]

9. Their insanity is driving me crazy

[Thunderbeast]

10. This may be BIG trouble.

We are all living in the same petrie dish. Without herd immunity, we lose a huge percentage of the population....not all of them anti-vaxer jerks.

I am going to propose a simpler explanation for the anti-vax phenomenon. As children, WE ALL HATED NEEDLES! Only when coerced by parents did we surrender our arm and butts for shots.

As we grew older, most of us were able to make the rational choice to endure a momentary pinch for the benefits of the jab.

Others adults, however, are still terrified of needles. They will use any bullshit rationalization to avoid getting a shot. It's not really political. It's not really religious. It's not about "natural" health.

It's about the damn needle!

[StClone]

14. I thought of that and it certainly seems to factor in big...

...for a good percentage of those reticent, hell totally negative, on getting protective vaccines. Wonder if they could develop a nasal spray version? Oral seems unlikely for a corona virus.

[StarryNite]

16. I admit, the needle scares me.

But one needle is better than countless needles if I were to wind up in the hospital with COVID. So next week I will get my jab. Not looking forward to it. Just looking forward to getting it over with.

[Walleye]

17. Just look away when you get a shot, you won't even feel it

[Hekate]

19. YMMV, but honestly I did not feel the Moderna shot at all. I glanced away & the nurse was readying

...the bandaid when I looked back. I felt like they must have invented a hair-thin needle. Anyhow, I hope that is the case for you.

[Wounded Bear]

25. A lot depends on the skill of the shooter, too...

I've had varying levels of discomfort from flu shots over the years, but I still get those every year.

[Ferrets are Cool]

21. The funny thing is that I never even felt either needle.

I know being rational has nothing to do with the fear of needles, but .....

[soothsayer]

12. Well that person might meet god sooner this way

[Ananda62]

15. Lots of vaccine hesitancy

In the people I meet in Vegas. My realtor, my tenant, the tenant’s two adult daughters (one who is a nurse) told me today that they WILL NOT get the vaccine. My realtor even claimed that a cousin of hers died of COVID19 a week after getting the 2nd shot. She of course blames the vaccine 🙄

It’s no use arguing or trying to convince these people. Maybe when travel and businesses are limited to “vaccinated only”, they might change their minds,

[Hekate]

18. We will be able to see them coming by their red hats & maskless faces

So there’s that

[Ferrets are Cool]

22. Unfortunately, they aren't all magats. This particular person was

AA.

[Mister Ed]

20. "If you don't need a vaccine because God will protect you...

...then why do you need a gun?"


(Not an original idea of mine. I read it somewhere on DU.)

[Ferrets are Cool]

23. +1

[Wounded Bear]

26. God sent the virus...

[Ferrets are Cool]

27. The only logical conclusion, right?