It's coming if it's not here already. People are going to be asking you if you got "the vaccine," which we all know refers to the COVID vaccine.
At the moment, you can still get by with some excuses:
At the moment, you can still get by with some excuses:
- "No, I have been having a hard time getting an appointment."
- "I'm letting all the older people and people in higher-risk groups get vaccinated first."
- "The last time I got the flu vaccine I got really sick."
Maybe skip that last one or you'll hear "COVID is not the same as the flu!"
But once the vaccines are available everywhere, you won't have any place to hide. You'll either get the vaccine or lie about getting it. Why? Because down the road if you say you haven't gotten the vaccine, well you might as well say you voted for Trump. Twice.
The problem is that science and reason and facts get thrown out in the name of politics, which has plagued the handling of this pandemic right from the jump.
Should you get the vaccine? That is a decision between you and your primary care physician (I hope you have a good one!) At a population level, it's better if more people get the vaccine. On an individual basis, each person has to evaluate his or her own circumstances and decide whether the risks of not getting the vaccine are outweighed by the risks of the vaccine itself.
