The how many people got the comirnaty shot poll

[Why_Yes_I_Do]

Simple show of hands. How many received the comirnaty clot shot?


Y) Yes
N) No
M) Maybe, I'm not sure

[Tiny]

I got three of them! I also got three Moderna shots.

I prefer the Pfizer Comirnaty shot. It's kind of like the Toyota Camry of vaccines. The Moderna vaccine, which has stronger side effects, is like a Ferrari -- it's 100 micrograms of pure m-RNA (with a few additives)! The Toyota is just about as functional as the Ferrari, but you're less likely to get killed in it. I'm not sure how good the analogy is, as you're orders of magnitude more likely to die in an auto accident than from a COVID vaccination. And also YOU are not going to get a COVID vaccination unless you're laid up in a hospital unconscious. But you get the picture.

[Why_Yes_I_Do]

When did you get your first one, roughly? mm/yy sort of thing.

Originally Posted by Tiny

I got three of them! I also got three Moderna shots.

I prefer the Pfizer Comirnaty shot. It's kind of like the Toyota Camry of vaccines. The Moderna vaccine, which has stronger side effects, is like a Ferrari -- it's 100 micrograms of pure m-RNA (with a few additives)! The Toyota is just about as functional as the Ferrari, but you're less likely to get killed in it. I'm not sure how good the analogy is, as you're orders of magnitude more likely to die in an auto accident than from a COVID vaccination. And also YOU are not going to get a COVID vaccination unless you're laid up in a hospital unconscious. But you get the picture.

[eyecu2]

I got two Pfizer. I have also had Covid 1x so I'm done with more of the same. I have been and will continue to be a supporter of the shot since I believe in science and immunizations. While nothing is an outright cure or 100% effective prevention, just like condoms you can go without and take a chance or you can do what you can to minimize the risk.

[Tiny]

Originally Posted by Why_Yes_I_Do

When did you get your first one, roughly? mm/yy sort of thing.

In February, 2021. And I'm still alive, and not institutionalized!

[Why_Yes_I_Do]

Originally Posted by Tiny

In February, 2021. And I'm still alive, and not institutionalized!

Very interesting <stroaks gootee>, it wasn't FDA approved until Aug 23, 2021. Everything prior was under EUA, i.e. legal shield.

[Tiny]

Originally Posted by Why_Yes_I_Do

Very interesting <stroaks gootee>, it wasn't FDA approved until Aug 23, 2021. Everything prior was under EUA, i.e. legal shield.

Thankfully President Trump pushed the mRNA vaccines through the FDA in record time, and emergency use authorizations (EUA's) were granted in December, 2020! I bet if Hillary Clinton or Joe Biden had been president, it would have taken months longer to get the vaccines into people's arms. Hundreds of thousands more might have died.

So thank you President Trump! And thank you Big Pharma!

I didn't know about the legal shield, but that was a brilliant move by Trump. First, what company is going to spend hundreds of millions or billions to develop a life saving vaccine, and then get sued out of existence by plaintiffs' attorneys who blame every ailment on the vaccine? Somebody dies of a heart attack - file a lawsuit! Opps, some recently-vaccinated pedestrian got mowed down in a traffic accident - file another lawsuit! Or add him to the class action!

And who would really benefit from the lawsuits? Class members who allegedly were harmed would receive peanuts, while the attorneys would pocket billions.

And where would a good chunk of those billions go? Why to the Democratic Politician's best friends, the plaintiffs' lawyers, of course. The lawyers grease the Democrats' pockets, and the Democrats write the laws so the lawyers can make out like bandits. So Trump was preventing the Democrats from amassing a huge war chest and turning the USA into a one party state, all-the-while saving hundreds of thousands of lives!

Yes, Donald Trump is crazy. Crazy like a fox!

[Why_Yes_I_Do]

Originally Posted by Tiny

...I didn't know about the legal shield, but that was a brilliant move by Trump. First, what company is going to spend hundreds of millions or billions to develop a life saving vaccine, and then get sued out of existence by plaintiffs' attorneys who blame every ailment on the vaccine?...

I doubt Trump created the EUA statute generally. I suspect that predates him by many years and is likely an outcrop of the FDA machinations. Having said that and understanding the EUA dynamics a little bit - why in holy hell would it be OK to mandate it's use to anyone? Notwithstanding the sketchy past attempts to get beyond basic clinical trials with mRNA prototypes in general. It's a different beastie if you make the choice yourself, whether ill-informed or not, because of censorship of dissenting voices. That's on you.

[Daneskold1]

Originally Posted by Tiny

Thankfully President Trump pushed the mRNA vaccines through the FDA in record time, and emergency use authorizations (EUA's) were granted in December, 2020! I bet if Hillary Clinton or Joe Biden had been president, it would have taken months longer to get the vaccines into people's arms. Hundreds of thousands more might have died.

So thank you President Trump! And thank you Big Pharma!

I didn't know about the legal shield, but that was a brilliant move by Trump. First, what company is going to spend hundreds of millions or billions to develop a life saving vaccine, and then get sued out of existence by plaintiffs' attorneys who blame every ailment on the vaccine? Somebody dies of a heart attack - file a lawsuit! Opps, some recently-vaccinated pedestrian got mowed down in a traffic accident - file another lawsuit! Or add him to the class action!

And who would really benefit from the lawsuits? Class members who allegedly were harmed would receive peanuts, while the attorneys would pocket billions.

And where would a good chunk of those billions go? Why to the Democratic Politician's best friends, the plaintiffs' lawyers, of course. The lawyers grease the Democrats' pockets, and the Democrats write the laws so the lawyers can make out like bandits. So Trump was preventing the Democrats from amassing a huge war chest and turning the USA into a one party state, all-the-while saving hundreds of thousands of lives!

Yes, Donald Trump is crazy. Crazy like a fox!

It would’ve been delivered at the same time with the same formula by anyone in the White House. Even Mickey Mouse. A no bid pre-pay contract is theft of the highest order. Everything else concerning that administration’s response was beyond criminally negligent. In the real world, governments lose their heads for such self-serving BS.

[Daneskold1]

@Tiny can you give me any proof whatsoever that you’re not some vodka addled Russian somewhere in the basement of a Stslin era box. If you don’t step it up, your address will be Mermankst forever.

[Tiny]

I take it you're not a Trump fan?

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[SpeedRacerXXX]

I recieved my first Pfizer Covid shot on 1/05/2021 and the second on 1/21/2021, 3 boosters since then.