Good news, one of my cabbies, who DID get the vaccine, but still got sick, is now back at work and she picked me up today.
The dangerous thing about the deniers, is that they point out that people still get sick even after getting the vaccine and point at that as an excuse not to get it as in "What is the point?".
Vaccines are not super heros or God/s. But they still work to a high degree. The intent of the vaccine isn't to be perfect, but to prevent the deadliest symptoms and affects that could kill you. In that context they are very effective. So she was out of work for a little over 2 weeks. She said she went through hell, but she also did not end up in the E.R. on e ventilator or intubated. Yea, she felt like shit, but the vaccine still protected her from the threat of death.
My other cabbie also got sick, and she did not get the vaccine. She also spent a week off. She was lucky. The other part of the virus is that it also matters about the volume and variant of shed you might pick up. My bet is she was lucky that the shed she picked up wasn't high volume. It could be considered akin to being forced to take a shot of rum, vs downing 5 gallons of rum in 2 minutes.
Both of them are fine now. But I was far more worried about Vickie who did not get the vaccine, and Susan, who did get the vaccine.
The dangerous thing about the deniers, is that they point out that people still get sick even after getting the vaccine and point at that as an excuse not to get it as in "What is the point?".
Vaccines are not super heros or God/s. But they still work to a high degree. The intent of the vaccine isn't to be perfect, but to prevent the deadliest symptoms and affects that could kill you. In that context they are very effective. So she was out of work for a little over 2 weeks. She said she went through hell, but she also did not end up in the E.R. on e ventilator or intubated. Yea, she felt like shit, but the vaccine still protected her from the threat of death.
My other cabbie also got sick, and she did not get the vaccine. She also spent a week off. She was lucky. The other part of the virus is that it also matters about the volume and variant of shed you might pick up. My bet is she was lucky that the shed she picked up wasn't high volume. It could be considered akin to being forced to take a shot of rum, vs downing 5 gallons of rum in 2 minutes.
Both of them are fine now. But I was far more worried about Vickie who did not get the vaccine, and Susan, who did get the vaccine.