Will you get vaccinated against COVID once it's available?

[Republicaninmass]

When the hysteria and anxiety around getting the disease is 99% WORSE than the disease itself, there is some sort of disconnect. I'm talking in the low risk category. People under 60 with no comorbidities.

Could have been Cuomo/deblasio, here in NY and their:


"It's like fighting air, we cant control it" comment

Call for 50,000 ventilators

Call for aircraft carrier and javits center to be used as hospitals.

People didnt use their common sense. They wore masks outside because they were told to. Many looked down on others as "doing the wrong thing for the country". Now CDC says it fine. Well actually there was never a risk of contracting it outside. There was 100 cases attributed to a Singaporean construction site that were miscatagorized.

Believe half of what you see and none of what you read or hear. Rely on what you know to be true. The same thing happened in 1918 and we didnt understand the science behind, but we've acted the same. Wait until these roaring 20s pass, to see how we really fared.

[Peter_Spaeth]

How would I "know what is true" about a complex (and novel) infectious disease, when I am not a scientist by training?

It's sure easy to be smarter than other people with the benefit of hindsight.

[vintagetoppsguy]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

How would I "know what is true" about a complex (and novel) infectious disease, when I am not a scientist by training?

Conversely, we were told from the very beginning to listen to the experts. How can one be an expert in something for which very little is known? The "experts" (WHO) told us there was no evidence of human to human transmission of Covid. So how do you determine what you believe and what you don't?

[Eric72]

Question for the people who resist wearing masks around others:

When you sneeze or cough, do you cover your mouth? Why or why not?

[vintagetoppsguy]

Originally Posted by Eric72

Question for the people who resist wearing masks around others:

When you sneeze or cough, do you cover your mouth? Why or why not?

I wear a mask most of the time, but I'll answer the question. When I sneeze? Yes, and I turn my head away from others as well. When I cough? No.

[Eric72]

Originally Posted by vintagetoppsguy

I wear a mask most of the time, but I'll answer the question. When I sneeze? Yes, and I turn my head away from others as well. When I cough? No.

That's an interesting approach. Why one and not the other? I find my hand reflexively covers my mouth either way.

[vintagetoppsguy]

Originally Posted by Eric72

That's an interesting approach. Why one and not the other? I find my hand reflexively covers my mouth either way.

If I sneeze, it's because something has triggered my sinuses. I don't want to spread my germs.

If I cough, it's because I'm choking. I wouldn't cover my mouth...the only way for the obstruction to exit.