Ask HN: Do you regret getting the Covid-19 vaccine?

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by johndavid9991 • 4 years ago

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strangattractor• 4 years ago

jsiaajdsdaa3• 4 years ago

Did not get the vaccine, got covid, do not regret my lack of getting the vaccine.

eimrine• 4 years ago

same but without "got covid" part.

latchkey6• 4 years ago

lol, exactly. Same here as well. No regrets about getting the vaccine, boosters or future shots.

hitpointdrew2• 4 years ago

Same, Covid wasn’t that bad, certainly nothing to close the economy and schools for. It is very survivable, the vaccines shouldn’t have never been recommended for anyone except elderly and high risk individuals.

jsiaajdsdaa3• 4 years ago

I will never forgive the authoritarians among us who destroyed my wedding, my wife's green card application, and freedom to move freely.

bluedino• 4 years ago

What's to regret?

Normille• 4 years ago

Got the vaccine and the two boosters. Don't really regret it but I don't think I'll be bothering with any further boosters.

I don't believe the conspiracy theory nut-jobs about the vaccine. But I do feel it was oversold to us as "Get the vaccine and a booster and you'll be immune to Covid". The reality seems to be that we're expected to get a new booster shot, every time the virus mutates.

latchkey6• 4 years ago

It was never sold as "you'll be immune".

ALL of the discussions have been that it reduces the effects, if you are infected.

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/effective...

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/facts.htm...

hitpointdrew2• 4 years ago

It absolutely was sold as “you’ll be immune”. Maybe not in scientific papers, but certainly on the news.

ColanR6• 4 years ago

Yes, it was. But they'd be very happy for you to forget that.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/31/health/pfizer-vaccine-adolesc...

https://www.webmd.com/vaccines/covid-19-vaccine/news/2021112...

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/05/25/covid-vaccine-moderna-says-s...

ss1082• 4 years ago

That's how it works for flu shots too, so I don't see the issue

amadeuspagel• 4 years ago

No.

rossdavidh• 4 years ago

I feel about the same about it (I got J&J plus booster) as about the various times I have gotten flu vaccines. No regrets, not really wanting any more unless things change.

Ekaros• 4 years ago

Kinda, didn't even end up using it... So wasted time and suffering. Also sad for the fact that I ended up supporting fascism.

hdlothia• 4 years ago

ss1082• 4 years ago

I do not regret doing something beneficial for my health, the health of my family, and the health of society at large, no.

Who would regret it, unless they are in the small percentage of ppl who had side effects?

beardyw• 4 years ago

soueuls• 4 years ago

I kept living my life as usual, the news got out of hand so I just stop TV and reading the news.

Did not get any vaccine out of laziness, no regrets so far, I did not feel the need for it

Ask HN: Do you regret getting the Covid-19 vaccine?

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