TOPIC: Try discussing here....

For all the people who can't help but clog a thread with discussion about covid.

Please just no.

I just want to stop seeing it in every other thread no matter what the topic is.

Adam Guay wrote: I just want to stop seeing it in every other thread no matter what the topic is.

Anytime a thread involves face to face, I'd expect it.

A valiant effort.

You have to counter nonsense where and when it occurs.

My last EKG was "abnormal.." I have a blockage in one of the arteries in my heart. My grandfather had angina. My mother died from a massive heart attack. So naturally I have concerns.

Meanwhile: www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/evidence-grows-stronger-covid-vaccine-link-heart-issue-cdc-says-n1270339

As I said, the vaccine is experimental. It's too early to know. I have questions and legitimate concerns. They've gone from amorphous to much more specific. Call it "nonsense" if you like. I've been called worse.

So, as other said in another thread, my options for GHC are "don't go." That's all there is to it. I wish nothing but good health and happy dungeon delving to all my friends, and even those who don't seem to think that much of me at the moment.

bpsymington wrote: You have to counter nonsense where and when it occurs.

That’s total and utter quevweble!

Brad Mortensen wrote: So, as other said in another thread, my options for GHC are "don't go." That's all there is to it. I wish nothing but good health and happy dungeon delving to all my friends, and even those who don't seem to think that much of me at the moment.

Don't confuse disagreeing with your thoughts as not thinking much of you.

Ultimately everyone has to make the choices they feel best for themselves.

Brad Mortensen wrote: My last EKG was "abnormal.." I have a blockage in one of the arteries in my heart. My grandfather had angina. My mother died from a massive heart attack. So naturally I have concerns.

Meanwhile: www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/evidence-grows-stronger-covid-vaccine-link-heart-issue-cdc-says-n1270339

As I said, the vaccine is experimental. It's too early to know. I have questions and legitimate concerns. They've gone from amorphous to much more specific. Call it "nonsense" if you like. I've been called worse.

So, as other said in another thread, my options for GHC are "don't go." That's all there is to it. I wish nothing but good health and happy dungeon delving to all my friends, and even those who don't seem to think that much of me at the moment.

Legitimate medical concerns are certainly not nonsense.

I think the vaccines are well past "experimental." Yes, in the US they are still under an EUA, but they are not new - they are based on research that has been conducted for years.

Brad Mortensen wrote: My last EKG was "abnormal.." I have a blockage in one of the arteries in my heart. My grandfather had angina. My mother died from a massive heart attack. So naturally I have concerns.

Meanwhile: www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/evidence-grows-stronger-covid-vaccine-link-heart-issue-cdc-says-n1270339

As I said, the vaccine is experimental. It's too early to know. I have questions and legitimate concerns. They've gone from amorphous to much more specific. Call it "nonsense" if you like. I've been called worse.

So, as other said in another thread, my options for GHC are "don't go." That's all there is to it. I wish nothing but good health and happy dungeon delving to all my friends, and even those who don't seem to think that much of me at the moment.

Brad,

One of my favorite quotes, and one I try to remember as much as possible is "We don't have to agree on anything to be nice to one another"....

I hope that you and S continue to stay healthy and safe from this virus and that you know your TD friends think of you often! Take care of each other.

Lori

Brad Mortensen wrote: My last EKG was "abnormal.." I have a blockage in one of the arteries in my heart. My grandfather had angina. My mother died from a massive heart attack. So naturally I have concerns.

Meanwhile: www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/evidence-grows-stronger-covid-vaccine-link-heart-issue-cdc-says-n1270339

As I said, the vaccine is experimental. It's too early to know. I have questions and legitimate concerns. They've gone from amorphous to much more specific. Call it "nonsense" if you like. I've been called worse.

So, as other said in another thread, my options for GHC are "don't go." That's all there is to it. I wish nothing but good health and happy dungeon delving to all my friends, and even those who don't seem to think that much of me at the moment.

Brad, I firmly believe that you and everyone else has the right to decide for themselves whether to get vaccinated, and whether to attend various social events. I hope that anyone's decision whether or not to get vaccinated doesn't impact any friendships, I know it won't for me.

bpsymington wrote:
I think the vaccines are well past "experimental." Yes, in the US they are still under an EUA, but they are not new - they are based on research that has been conducted for years.

I've heard that argument before, so I assume it isn't original with you, but it strikes me as specious. Just because a certain class of vaccines has been studied for years doesn't mean that any particular vaccine in that class is safe. It would be like me telling my boss, "Computer science and the C# language have been thoroughly studied for decades. This software was written in C# so why test it? Let's just go straight to production." The difference is, none of our software will kill anyone if we get it wrong. And yes, part of both computer and medical science is thorough testing - a step these vaccines skipped. If you feel the testing was adequate for you and your family to take it, that's up to you.

@Mike Steele- thank you. Almost everyone I know has gotten one of these vaccines or another, so I sincerely hope I'm wrong to be concerned. It wouldn't be the first time. If I was convinced I was right I would have been begging everyone I know not to get it.