Thinking of getting vaccinated?

[sidecar bob]

(And you do realise no-one's forcing you to come in and comment on this thread, don't you?)

You do realise you share the same privilege don't you?
Your own opinion is exactly that.

[pritch]

There used to be health measures whereby people who posed a threat to public health were locked up. Since common sense is seemingly in short supply it might be time to bring some back.

[Ocean1]

There used to be health measures whereby people who posed a threat to public health were locked up. Since common sense is seemingly in short supply it might be time to bring some back.

Common sense has long since fled the building, and under the new "wellness" criteria people who pose a threat to public apparently have more rights than anyone else.

[Katman]

There used to be health measures whereby people who posed a threat to public health were locked up. Since common sense is seemingly in short supply it might be time to bring some back.

So what do you make of the fact that a former Chief Scientific Officer for the UK Dept of Health has stated that the steady accumulation of evidence that suggests vaccines aren't as safe as we're led to believe, has caused him to re-think his position on vaccines?

Or are you another one who prefers to ignore that inconvenient fact?

[Leed]

To provide enough resilience against the pathogen that in normal day-to-day human interaction that you don't get infected and in the case of an outbreak, not to be a carrier and spread the disease.

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We enforce the use of Seatbelts, We enforce the use of Helmets. So too should we enforce the use of Vaccinations.

Sometimes I drive (short distances) without a seat belt and sometimes don't wear a helmet - I manage the risk.
Helmets have never 'stopped' injury (read can prevent) but sometimes can even contribute to paralysis.

just old enough to miss the compulsory TB vaccine by 2 years. The virus will never be eradicated as it will always exist in 'the wild'.
My mother has TB antibodies from growing up post WW2. She was never sick, but it shows she was exposed.

Ive had flu once in my life at about 40.
I would say I am susceptible to chest related illnesses and seem to take longer to recover, choosing bed rest before medication.
I am smart enough to NOT... 'go for a run and sweat it out of your system' - sometimes replicated social behaviour
Do I bother with a free annual employer provided vaccine? or estimate for myself, that suffering flu again is probably very low if I remain in good health.
It is not my workmates getting the vax that stops me getting sick - all this has become a very recent social 'behaviour'. Just like sick people STILL coming to work.
There are economic benefits of employees being at work longer - Its not really a benefit to you.

You can not have a vaccination and never face a threat,
You can not have a vaccination and naturally survive and/or be immune,
You can have a vaccination and be protected,
You can have a vaccination and still not be protected (understand the term efficacy - and read the fine print)

There is equal fear/hype shown here (from the other end of see-saw) is those children who ARE vaccinated mixing with NON vaccinated kids...
BUT this isn't a risk is it? - its only the same risk as the vaccinated coming into contact with the virus that continues to survive in the wild (virus dormant 3rd/4th form science) ?
If you're vaccinated there is nothing to fear ! ...except the (sometimes large) percent that your vax doesn't work for you.

not pro or anti - like contraception and abortion - are choices you can make - but I think a CHOICE should remain and not be enforced.
Should we question why we each hold strong opinions and from where attain them - YES

[pritch]

So what do you make of the fact that a former Chief Scientific Officer for the UK Dept of Health has stated that the steady accumulation of evidence that suggests vaccines aren't as safe as we're led to believe, has caused him to re-think his position on vaccines?

Or are you another one who prefers to ignore that inconvenient fact?

I will ignore your fact with no inconvenience whatsoever.

The abilities of doctors, and other health professionals, who work for the Ministry of Health can be somewhat ummm suspect.
If they were really any good as a doctor they wouldn't be polishing the arse of their trousers behind a desk in a government department.

I recall a news item reporting that somebody had invented a way to combat the common cold. A germicidal soap. Our local Health Dept thought this highly amusing, stating that everybody knew colds were spread by coughs and sneezes. In actual fact at that time it had been common knowledge for years, except apparently to the NZ Health Department, that colds were largely spread by hand contact.

There was also the autobiography of a former doctor that mentioned he had been advised to stop practing before he killed someone. He took a job as an editor at The Lancet.

[Katman]

I will ignore your fact....

No surprises there then.

[Scubbo]

No surprises there then.

[Drew]

No surprises there then.

I think I've figured it out.

That's all you think he wrote. Whatever is wrong with that fucked up head of yours literally can't see sense.

[sidecar bob]

I think I've figured it out.

That's all you think he wrote. Whatever is wrong with that fucked up head of yours literally can't see sense.

Oh, I though I had it figured out too, but I'd arrived at the conclusion that it was cool to oppose common sense.
Bet the cunt goes to the doctor when he feels crook tho.

[Katman]

Bet the cunt goes to the doctor when he feels crook tho.

I haven't been to a doctor in over 15 years.

[Drew]

I haven't been to a doctor in over 15 years.

Hopefully you continue that trend, and die really soon.

[F5 Dave]

So Kato, what did this guy actually say? How long ago was this?

[Katman]

So Kato, what did this guy actually say? How long ago was this?

Here, let me help you with that.

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=dr+peter+fletcher

[sidecar bob]

Hopefully you continue that trend, and die really soon.

I've been relaxing in the spa this morning catching up on the Sunday papers after my hard weekend dispatching race bikes at Manfield & there it was.
The term for people that try to push their brain dead ideals onto others is called "lifestyle influencer"
Check out this example of an idiot that got caught out not practicing what she was preaching, to the detriment of others.

https://www.theguardian.com/commenti...ning-to-us-all