r/politics 17d ago

It's OK to blame the unvaccinated — they are robbing the rest of us of our freedoms

https://www.salon.com/2021/08/12/its-ok-to-blame-the-unvaccinated--they-are-robbing-the-rest-of-us-of-our-freedoms/
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u/Trumplostlol59 17d ago

What a bunch of fucking babies.

I got the vaccine.

Guess what happened?

Absolutely fucking nothing other than a sore arm and feeling a bit sick for like 36 hours.

Months later... do I have any side effects? Am I magnetic? Are Bill Gates nanobots doing anything to me?

Fucking no you dumbasses.

Get the vaccine. For your own sake. And stop being fucking babies.

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u/skalidindi 17d ago

The thing is these people love to argue what about the possible long terms effects but vaccines are short lived in your system. Most vaccines show symptoms within the first month if at all. Even if these vaccines are not fully approved yet, there has been more testing done in them in this short period of time than a lot of other approved vaccines.

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u/coolerdog 16d ago

Covid gave me long term negative effects. I'm 21 and I used to be healthy. I used to play trumpet and prided myself on my lung capacity. Now it's hard to go up more than one flight of stairs and move ~25 lb boxes for my job. What long term effects is anyone even scared of with the vaccine?? We KNOW covid can (and normally does) give long term issues.

My uncle refused the vaccine and was on a ventilator for months. At one point my family celebrated the fact that he had recovered enough that he could blink to communicate with nurses. He can't use the second floor in his house now. He can't leave the house alone. He can barely get down the three steps to the driveway. How is that less scary than whatever a vaccine may do?

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u/sergayoh 16d ago

But he sure owned those fucking libs! That barista with the colorful hair will finally know who's boss!

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u/Pseudomoniacal 16d ago

This!! These folks are terrified of some nebulous possibility of long term effects from the vaccine, but ignore the confirmed *, serious risk of long term effects from the *virus.

Saw a great meme on this "this bridge is only 99.999% safe, so I think I'll swim".

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u/Hijaz_hermit 16d ago edited 16d ago

if i may ask, are you normalizing now? Is it even possible to exercise anymore? This disease is legitimately scary.

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u/coolerdog 16d ago

I am okay now. It really hasn't affected my daily life that much. It sucks that I have to take breathers after going up stairs or moving heavy things but it could be worse. I can do long walks and normal everyday stuff good enough, things like running and swimming can be difficult. I think I'll be able to build back up to normal.

It scared me a lot though. I didn't think it would have long term affects for me because I rarely get sick and had strong lungs. I am really lucky!