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Why I Chose To Get The Vaccine
Maybe the vaccine topic is slowly becoming irrelevant, or maybe it’s more relevant than ever before, I honestly can’t tell these days. Either way, I want to talk about why exactly I chose to get the vaccine almost immediately when it was my turn to acquire it (plus or minus a few days). I will add a minor preface to say, I’m not here trying to convince any of you reading this that you should get the vaccine, I believe if you’re reading this, you’re a grown adult and you’re capable of making your own decisions. That being said, let’s talk about why I got vaccinated.
Science!
Let’s be very clear here, only one vaccine has been completely cleared by the FDA, and even with that approval we all have to realize we don’t have data outside of 18–24 months, MAX. That being said, we ultimately don’t know the long term effects of these vaccines. Meaning, and this might sound bad to some individuals, but, we’re all guinea pigs. As in, we’re helping scientist beta test these vaccines. Whether we die or grow a third arm, we’re part of the testing process. Now I don’t expect those results but I also won’t completely write them off. All that being said, this is actually one of the reasons why I chose to get the vaccine right away, I won’t measure my human worth because I’m sure that would just inflate my ego but I think it’s incredibly worth it for someone like me to be part…