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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby
Why's that? Did you die from the first three? Are you permanently disabled as a result of the first three?
I mean - considering the alternative - you had better odds of dying or being permanently disabled by NOT getting the shots, than you did of getting them.
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I have to disagree with your last statement. I am a now retired R.N. and at the onset of the pandemic and 3 months into it I was detailed by the healthcare facility I worked at to be the triage nurse in their covid clinic. Not only was there no covid immunization available at that time, appropriate PPE was scarce. As hard as it may be to believe I was issued one flimsy surgical mask to wear for a week before I was issued a new one. Despite my high exposure to covid + patients and minimal PPE during that time I never contracted the virus. Throughout my long nursing career I received all necessary immunizations recommended by my employee health department, but after having an immediate pretty bad reaction following receiving the H1N1 immunization several years back at work that landed me in the ER I stopped with the agreement of my PCP getting annual flu shots. I had no issue getting the covid immunization when it became available to me despite having some risk having had a reaction to the H1N1, but before I went forward and took it like I do with any medication I am prescribed or consider taking OTC I did a good deal of research from many sources on contraindications especially since I have multiple drug allergies. In discovering through my own research the potential for the development for blood clots was a contraindication with the covid immunizations this was a major concern for me. In 2017 I developed what my neuro ophthalmologist believes was a micro vascular blood clot that occluded the blood flow to my optic nerve which left me permanently 95+% blind in my left eye. In having the discussion with my neuro ophthalmologist along with my PCP and several former physician colleagues that I highly respect, they all agreed anything that could potentiate the development of another blood clot that could render me totally blind I should refrain from. Opting out was not an easy decision for me to make but it was ultimately my own because none of the physicians I consulted with has a crystal ball that would tell me a definitive outcome of opting in or out would be for me. And I chose to opt out because life is difficult enough with the vision loss I have, and if I can reduce the risks that could render me totally blind I am going to do that. And in making the decision to opt out I also decided to retire to reduce my risk for contracting covid by getting me out of the high exposure environment I worked in and these days I live my life very cautiously. The decision you made to get the covid immunization/s hopefully will continue to deliver you the protection that you believe it has and will continue to have. But there are those of us where making the decision to opt in or out was much harder to make as we have health issues you don't have that getting the immunization poses an equally high risk for disability and death as contracting the virus does. So opting out for us is as equally valid as opting in was for you. I have never contracted covid but neither has my husband who has received two immunizations which I encouraged him to get because he has COPD. And why this is so remains a mystery to us since both were antibody tested several times and both testing results came back negative meaning neither had an asymptomatic case of covid that resulted in developing some natural immunity. I wish you continued positive outcomes with the decisions you make with regards to your own health, but p!ease understand the decisions you make for you may not produce the same positive outcomes for someone else that has health issues you don't have that need to be factored into their decision making process.