Originally Posted by Escape Artist (Post 1981401)

There's no "anti-vaxxer movement" and no one is stopping anyone from getting the vaccine. I know people from different walks of life, race/ethnicity, religion, income level, political ideology who do not want to get the vaccine. They have nothing else in common, only that.

Originally Posted by jimjamuser (Post 1981417)

Yes, today in a world overloaded with information sources. Each person must choose wisely where they get their information. it would be my advice that Facebook is the absolute worse place to go to be informed. Use Facebook ONLY for communicating with friends. It is well known that the Facebook software is designed to keep users on their site for as long as possible. FB moves vulnerable people off of a middle-of-the-road position slowly and surely towards the fringes of thought and society - it is like slumming or washing your hands in a sewer - ultimately a sewer of misinformation.

It would be nice if someone wrote a how-to book about a correct way to pick RELIABLE news sources. I feel that many people (as evidenced by this forum) have NOT chosen well.

And this brings us back to the CDC. Some people rail against it. Yet I find it very informative. I know enough Science to know Science changes. And then the CDC changes to give Americans the BEST AVAILABLE and current information. Life changes faster today than it did in the 1960s before information overload. WE older peons have to work harder to change and be open to finding good information. I advise trusting the CDC over trusting Facebook.

Originally Posted by coffeebean (Post 1981418)

N95 masks, with a perfect fit around the face, is supposed to filter out 95% of airborne particles. That is pretty darn good protection.

Originally Posted by orangeblossombaby (Post 1981403)

this veterinarian's opinion was debunked last march.

addressing geert vanden bossche’s claims — deplatform disease

i also checked with snopes, because it's what i always do. I found a link to the letter he wrote, read the entire thing, and noticed he just very conveniently happens to mention that the only prevention for this virus is a vaccine that he invented. How convenient is that?

Snake oil, meet your salesman.

Originally Posted by Escape Artist (Post 1981401)

There's no "anti-vaxxer movement" and no one is stopping anyone from getting the vaccine. I know people from different walks of life, race/ethnicity, religion, income level, political ideology who do not want to get the vaccine. They have nothing else in common, only that.

Originally Posted by GrumpyOldMan (Post 1981414)

Okay, a little looking revealed that The vaccine company is recommending boosters, Israel is moving forward with boosters, here, we are still studying the idea.

Here is a link to a Yale Medicine article that discusses it, and an issue I had not thought about, the moral issue of should we vaccinate the rest of the world before providing boosters for people already vaccinated. I would prefer to get the rest of the world vaccinated before providing booster shots here. But, I will leave that decision to my PCP.

Originally Posted by drducat (Post 1981423)

Have you ever used an N95....pretty hard to breath if your moving around much.

Originally Posted by Escape Artist (Post 1981426)

Boosters are going to be a hard sell here without strong evidence that their effectiveness has worn off. And what about the variants? They've had a hard enough time getting people to receive the three vaccines let alone booster shots!

Originally Posted by Escape Artist (Post 1981413)

Denigrate him all you want, and if you've looked at Fauci's resume, it's even less credible, but what he predicted came true. When he spoke about this there were no variants, only talk from the CDC about possibly needing a booster later in year if they vaccine's effects wore off.

Originally Posted by PugMom (Post 1981139)

i can see your point, however, it's not that we HATE fauci. since his hacked emails were released, we know the extent of his truths & falsehoods. how can i possibly trust someone who has his own interests in mind? i don't come into things with preconceived notions, its the persons' behavior that leads me to suspicion

Originally Posted by jimjamuser (Post 1981417)

I advise trusting the CDC over trusting Facebook.

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby (Post 1981422)

I use facebook primarily to communicate with friends and family. Also to watch cute animal videos.

Originally Posted by drducat (Post 1981423)

Have you ever used an N95....pretty hard to breath if your moving around much.

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby (Post 1981425)

OK now I know you are just punking this forum. No anti-vax movement? For serious? There has been a militant, dangerous anti-vax movement ever since there've been vaccinations.

Here's a primer, for those who have sincerely been living under a rock for the past 200 years.

Originally Posted by GrumpyOldMan (Post 1981427)

It's even harder to breathe when you are dead.