Quote Originally Posted by Fentonite View Post
While that’s possible, it’s much less likely than we initially thought. A recent study shows:

“ Under real-world conditions, mRNA vaccine effectiveness of full immunization (≥14 days after second dose) was 90% against SARS-CoV-2 infections regardless of symptom status; vaccine effectiveness of partial immunization (≥14 days after first dose but before second dose) was 80%.” (Source below)

Not only is it showing to be phenomenal at preventing infection (and therefore transmission), it seems that the 10% of fully immunized folks who could get infected are quite unlikely to transmit it to others, since their immune response squashes the virus before it replicates to levels needed to transmit. (I’ve heard this from a few Infectious Disease docs, but can’t point to a written source, FWIW)

Good news, but it is still too new to know if I’ll have a tail sometime in the future...

Source:
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/...cid=mm7013e3_w
This is the sort of stuff that convinced me to get vaccinated. I'm not convinced it's 100% safe. I'm also not convinced it's going to alter my DNA and cause me to grow a second head or some other terrible thing. I'm also not going to be passing my DNA on at this stage of my life, altered or not.

I looked at both sides of the argument and decided it was appropriate for me. I don't advocate it for everyone. I understand the concerns. One isn't an idiot if they get the vaccine just like they're not an idiot if they decide it's not for them. It's a personal choice. I was at a Tractor Supply store listening to some loudmouth standing outside just railing about how stupid people were for taking the vaccine. I was waiting for about 5 mins for a gun safe to be brought around and loaded in my truck. During that time Mr Loudmouth smoked AT LEAST 3 cigarettes and was drinking one of those drum-sized sodas. But I'm an idiot for getting the vaccine.