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Politicub

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56. I'm sorry. It would be tough to see someone you love forgo the vaccine.

Reply to AngryOldDem (Reply #52)

Fri Jul 30, 2021, 11:38 AM

Jul 2021

Your son may come around. Dealing with the public can be eye opening for some folks.

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Father of five dies after texting fiancee: 'I should have gotten the damn vaccine' [View all] Soph0571 Jul 2021 OP

Sorry for his children. And everyone else he put at risk. MaryMagdaline Jul 2021 #1

++ llashram Jul 2021 #51

Phase 1 trials began in March 2020 nuxvomica Jul 2021 #2

Waiting a year during a pandemic might just kill you. LisaL Jul 2021 #3

And it did. So many don't know the decades of the basic science research allowed a fast release irisblue Jul 2021 #26

Somebody at work told me shes not getting vaxxed cause she wants to wait, Volaris Jul 2021 #43

I wonder if this now departed man read or saw any anti vax propaganda and if so did any of that .... Botany Jul 2021 #4

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Jul 2021 #38

All these Governors, Congresspersons, and right wing media people must know that vaccines ... Botany Jul 2021 #64

thoughts and prayers HAB911 Jul 2021 #5

This reminds me of the old joke, and how it relates to anti-vaxxers FakeNoose Jul 2021 #6

One of my favorite jokes of all time, and the icing on the cake is that bullwinkle428 Jul 2021 #14

Have heard variations of this over the years. Always love it. niyad Jul 2021 #18

Same here. Fortinbras Armstrong Jul 2021 #44

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Jul 2021 #65

I also think the waiting for full FDA approval argument is BS. Renew Deal Jul 2021 #7

+10000000000000000 Celerity Jul 2021 #11

The main difference between the EUA and "full approval" BumRushDaShow Jul 2021 #23

Oh wow...I did not know this. AllyCat Jul 2021 #25

It's not "foot dragging" BumRushDaShow Jul 2021 #31

I say foot-dragging because they approved the Alzheimer's drug AllyCat Jul 2021 #33

"I say foot-dragging because they approved the Alzheimer's drug" BumRushDaShow Jul 2021 #46

One other thing - I literally just read in the online print edition of my local paper BumRushDaShow Jul 2021 #53

It is, The same people I know who will not get the annual flu shot are the same ones who are LiberalArkie Jul 2021 #54

We're gonna fly a lot of flags half staff greenjar_01 Jul 2021 #8

I'm a little horrified by this common sentiment among the vaccine "hesitant" greenjar_01 Jul 2021 #9

This message was self-deleted by its author roamer65 Jul 2021 #59

I tend to give people that were anti-vax or vax skeptical all along more slack than brewens Jul 2021 #10

I would guess (and this is a pure guess) that 80-90% of vax refuseniks are noobs to the cause, just Celerity Jul 2021 #13

Based on my experience...YES Tiger8 Jul 2021 #36

+1 Celerity Jul 2021 #45

Yes, and done to poison society Tiger8 Jul 2021 #61

yep Celerity Jul 2021 #62

Disagree. The new agey quasi-spiritual antivaxxers peddling holistic medicine Lucky Luciano Jul 2021 #55

Like this comedian.... LeftInTX Jul 2021 #12

"This isn't like the shingles vaccine..." dixiechiken1 Jul 2021 #17

I Got My Shingles Vaccines Last Year COL Mustard Jul 2021 #21

Fortunately, it was switched from live to nonliving... LeftInTX Jul 2021 #24

Whew. dixiechiken1 Jul 2021 #74

I was totally fine after both Shingrix shots, so not everyone reacts. smirkymonkey Jul 2021 #78

If you are a week out, you are fine. Almost everyone I know AllyCat Jul 2021 #28

OMG, I'm so sorry... dixiechiken1 Jul 2021 #75

It's okay. I'm just glad folks are getting vaccinated. AllyCat Jul 2021 #76

Side Effects? COL Mustard Jul 2021 #19

And the microchip embolized to my lungs, but don't worry, elias7 Jul 2021 #37

This is brand new technology- Ms. Toad Jul 2021 #30

My spouse is diabetic and is always first in line for new vaccines--shingles, pneumonia, current flu catrose Jul 2021 #67

Well............Bye COL Mustard Jul 2021 #15

Covid can fix stupid. chwaliszewski Jul 2021 #32

1 year Johnny2X2X Jul 2021 #16

Before the vaccine was available I'd thought about waiting a bit to see how it worked. kirkuchiyo Jul 2021 #20

No, we wait a year or 2 for bugs in new model vehicles to show up bucolic_frolic Jul 2021 #22

True. Want to consider mutations? AngryOldDem Jul 2021 #41

He was right Dreampuff Jul 2021 #27

He was obese so had high risk factors also. Jon King Jul 2021 #29

All these revisionist reasons ... we know why so congrats on owning the libs Fullduplexxx Jul 2021 #34

And now 5 more kids on SS Survivors Benefits Captain Zero Jul 2021 #35

Oh well. AngryOldDem Jul 2021 #39

What is he waiting to see? Honest question. Politicub Jul 2021 #50

Like everybody else...more evidence that it's safe. AngryOldDem Jul 2021 #52

I'm sorry. It would be tough to see someone you love forgo the vaccine. Politicub Jul 2021 #56

Or you could have read the medical journals in November of 2020, Aristus Jul 2021 #40

I will never understand people not taking advice... sarchasm Jul 2021 #42

Stories like this make me angry at the unvaccinated, Politicub Jul 2021 #47

We warned ya! Get the vaccine! Initech Jul 2021 #48

It's a damn shame people just can't drop the "I have special insight" crap. BannonsLiver Jul 2021 #49

and his poor wife's last words in the article... Javaman Jul 2021 #57

She's gonna make a beeline for the nearest Social Security office. roamer65 Jul 2021 #70

Maybe when enough people die Tadpole Raisin Jul 2021 #58

Natural selection at work. roamer65 Jul 2021 #60

Except for his five kids! Lucky Luciano Jul 2021 #66

All five will end up on SS survivors benefits. roamer65 Jul 2021 #69

I mean natural selection didn't really work because he reproduced...a lot! Lucky Luciano Jul 2021 #71

A month before he died, his fiance made an anniversary post on Facebook, saying, "If we can get liberal_mama Jul 2021 #63

I should have gotten the vaccine!!! Why??? Did it suddenly become "safe" on your death bed? Bengus81 Jul 2021 #68

This message was self-deleted by its author ExTex Jul 2021 #72

Thank goodness the vaccine didn't have a French name... LanternWaste Jul 2021 #73

Hard To Fathom colsohlibgal Jul 2021 #77

I don't feel one bit sorry for anyone who is unvaccinated who gets severe complications totodeinhere Jul 2021 #79