Quote Originally Posted by Spicoli View Post
This entire National relapse of denial really makes you overthink a lot of shat. I've not received a flu vaccine for over 20+ years now. It wasn't a choice made or some anti vax bs I just never made proper annuals and medical visits a thing. And of course I "do not get sick". But looking at scheduling my 1st stick next week. I do have legit concerns as said before about clotting, no FDA approval and setting up a potential short term reaction as hospitals are nowat full capacity and turning some away. What is the turn around time between vaccine sticks..2,4 weeks? Talk about a fookin catch-22.

The FDA didn't want to look like they were rushing to approve the vaccine so they stuck to their normal pace with the approval process. Apparently they reckoned if they speeded it up it would put people off getting the vaccine.

Now they've decided to speed it up:

July 30, 2021, 3:53 PM EDT

U.S. drug regulators are taking an “all-hands-on-deck approach” to reviewing Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE’s Covid-19 shot for full approval in an effort to persuade as many as possible to get immunized.
The Food and Drug Adminstration is “identifying additional resources such as personnel and technological resources from across the agency and opportunities to reprioritize other activities, in order to complete our review to help combat this pandemic surge,” agency spokesperson Abby Capobianco said. Acting Director Janet Woodcock has “offered all agency resources to the team to make this happen,” she said.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...ech-covid-shot

No rush guys, it's not like there's a pandemic on.

There's no chance at all that the vaccine fails the process. It's proved to be incredibly effective and the real world evidence shows it's incredibly safe. There isn't a single public health official or expert who is saying there's any problem with it or raising any issue. It should have been approved ages ago. Historically any problems with vaccines have shown up in the first couple of months of the vaccine being given to the public.


If you're worried about clotting then get the vaccine. You have far more chance of catching the virus and dying from a blood clot that the virus gives you than you do of the vaccine getting you. You have more chance of dying in a car wreck in the next few days than having any kind of complication from the vaccine other than the common minor side effects.

Same thing goes for hospitalisation.

Don't drink for a couple of days before you get it and then really cut down on the alcohol during the whole process. Anything other than moderate drinking will fuck its efficacy up:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/27/w...d-vaccine.html



I had no alcohol at all for weeks after the second injection. How about that?



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