kinggg wrote:You said if you were younger you might have decided against getting the vaccine. Are you implying that the vaccine is harmful?
No. If I thought there was a significant risk of harm, I wouldn’t have taken the shot at any age.
That being said, there is some risk of harm or bad outcome when you inject any substance into your body. Trimix. Guys can end up with fibrosis, Peyronie’s disease, it might give you achy dick.
Flu vaccine. I take the flu shot every year. The swine flu variety in 1976 sent me to the ER.
Folks have reactions to vaccines of every kind, regardless of how throughly tested they are and how long they’ve been in use. We’re talking anaphylaxis, Guillain-Barré syndrome, neurological crap…it can and does happen albeit rarely. Very rarely. The risk is generally very small and far outweighs the risk of having the disease. That doesn’t mean, however, that there is no risk at all.
If I was 20, in good health, and knew for certain that I had already had a case of Covid, and my doctor told me I had acquired better immunity from having the disease than I would from a shot, I wouldn’t take the shot.
If I was 16 or 17, or was making the decision for a 10 yr old child…..who hadn’t had the disease…..I would have to think about it. Not that I think the vaccine is dangerous, but MRNA type vaccines are new. They aren’t the old fashioned live or killed virus type. There’s not 50 years of historical use. There’s not five years of testing. Yes, I think they’re safe. But the likelihood of a bad outcome from having the virus is minuscule in a 10 year old or teenager. So I would give it a lot of thought before I decided one way or the other.
I’ve got a good friend on a vent as we speak. Things are not looking good at all. So I am not minimizing the risk of Covid. What I try to do is keep all this in perspective. I wish the rest of the world would do the same. People need a doctor they can trust. If they don’t trust their doctor, they need a new one. Ask the doctor what the prudent and reasonable course of action is for you, and make a decision.
But don’t let worry about ED deter you from the vaccine. It might might make you drool, howl at the moon, or have nightmares involving killer turtles…..but so far ED doesn’t seem to be a side effect.
