That's how they've always woked; it's up to the individual. What would be great, and hear me out, what if there was a group of experts, scientists and doctors, who meet and discuss the scientific and medical merits of a vaccine based on the latest peer reviewed research, then make a recommendation to the general public on whether they should get it, based on risk factors such as age and lifestyle in order to help the general public make as informed of a decision as possible. Oh, wait...
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Dude, we should try that!
Good thing they don't believe in evolution either, or they would see the political Darwinism of geriatric MAGA voters not only being less likely to survive COVID, but also less likely to take any protective measures against it whatsoever.
A geriatric empty husk of a human, being controlled by brain parasites
I wonder if personal choice extends to it being covered by medical insurance.
Funeral industry lobbyists' hard work is really paying off.
They probably were making bank during covid
I'm ok with being an individual choice personally, because I'm gonna go ahead and choose yes.
I had all of the shots I could get and I've never--to my knowledge--had that awful fucking thing, and I'd prefer to never.
I just went through the Nimbus variant recently and that was intense, I think I would had more intense symptoms or long COVID if I wasn't vaccinated in May. One of my older bro has long COVID from not getting vaccinated this year. And some people I worked with think it doesn't exist anymore