I haven't got a shot and not scheduled as of yet. If I'm required to get a shot to allow for travel outside Canada, I will get it. Are we lab rats, 100% yes, that's exactly what the FDA's emergency use order allows for, there's no other way to describe it. As smart as the worlds immunologists, virologists, and infectious disease scientists are, it's been decades of trials and tests to develop a coronavirus vaccine, and still today they've never been successful. Vaccines eradicate an illness (mumps, rubella, roseola, polio, diphtheria, etc..).
The good news is there are a few developers working on neutralizing antibody and t-cell testing kits that will confirm whether someone has already had covid-19 and has the natural immunity needed to fight coronavirus' like it. You would think this is good information to know yes? One particular company, Genscript Biotech, has successfully created a product called C-Pass, which confirms (with 100% accuracy in trial} whether your immunity does in fact have the neutrailzing antibodies to fight coronavirus'. While this product and others like it are making their way across the USA, Canada has done nothing with this technology. It appears our country has little interest in knowing how many people have had covid-19 and more importantly how many have natural immunity to it. It would seem to me it makes sense to have this technology readily available, especially when the country happily uses a PCR test to determine whether someone has covid knowing the results are questionable.
Covid-19 and annual influenza both have similar survivability rates of 99.7%, and for those under 25 survivability of 99.97% (CDC stats). At the same time, I do understand the NEED to protect seniors >75, LTC residents, and those with compromised immune systems that represent the vast majority of morbidity. Our country should do everything possible to create an iron curtain to protect these groups, including getting a shot or two, social distancing, masking, hand washing, etc..
If I need a shot for travel, I'll get a shot. My two (or 3) cents
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