Should I get the fucking vaccine or not? I'm still in uni and its required that I get it for this Fall semester unless I come up with some religious excuse but I still have to wear a mask, get tested etc.
I'm 28 years old, workout 5-6 days a week, eat healthy, no underlying conditions and I'm pretty sure I already had it. I just see no point in getting it at the moment. I'm not an anti-vaccine person and the only reason I'm in STEM in the first place is because I got inspiration from Carl Sagan's Cosmos (I use to be one of those IFLS people). So yeah I support science and shit but damn the more time goes on it looks like science is like the new religion. In a ideal world scientists would selflessly work for the betterment of mankind free from the influence of the dollar bill, politics etc. But I realize we do not live in that world.
I'm just concerned that there hasn't been any long term studies on this vaccine and I feel like that is a very legitimate concern. The rebuttal I get for that are "It's science", "Trust scientists", "We're confident there will be no long term side effects". The best reasoning I read was something along the lines of "going by past vaccines negative side effects come about within a few months" but does that really follow for every vaccine here on afterwards?
I'll be glad to be set straight if there is something wrong with my reasoning here. Just kinda tempted to get the shot and be done with it.
I'm 28 years old, workout 5-6 days a week, eat healthy, no underlying conditions and I'm pretty sure I already had it. I just see no point in getting it at the moment. I'm not an anti-vaccine person and the only reason I'm in STEM in the first place is because I got inspiration from Carl Sagan's Cosmos (I use to be one of those IFLS people). So yeah I support science and shit but damn the more time goes on it looks like science is like the new religion. In a ideal world scientists would selflessly work for the betterment of mankind free from the influence of the dollar bill, politics etc. But I realize we do not live in that world.
I'm just concerned that there hasn't been any long term studies on this vaccine and I feel like that is a very legitimate concern. The rebuttal I get for that are "It's science", "Trust scientists", "We're confident there will be no long term side effects". The best reasoning I read was something along the lines of "going by past vaccines negative side effects come about within a few months" but does that really follow for every vaccine here on afterwards?
I'll be glad to be set straight if there is something wrong with my reasoning here. Just kinda tempted to get the shot and be done with it.