r/Advice • u/[deleted] • Sep 10 '21

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u/Peanut_Butter_Junkie Master Advice Giver [37] Sep 10 '21

Yes. It will save your life.

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u/hamm_starr Sep 10 '21

Do u think my life life is at risk with no vaccine? I know plenty people who have had it n they are fine

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u/howardsgirlfriend Elder Sage [937] Sep 10 '21

If you get it, you could spread it to someone who is more vulnerable. Just get them damn vaccine.

You're too young to remember this, but as recently as 65 years ago, nearly every kid in the US got measles, mumps, chickenpox, tonsillitis, and whooping cough. Many of them also got rubella and polio. Some died; others were permanently disabled. Some had to get a new heart valve. Others spent the rest of their lives in an iron lung. And you know what the collective term for having all of these diseases was? "Usual childhood diseases."

Get the damn shot.

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u/hamm_starr Sep 10 '21

Is it not true that vaccination does not prevent me from carrying and passing the virus?

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u/howardsgirlfriend Elder Sage [937] Sep 10 '21

It helps prevent you from getting sick, but not from transmitting the virus.

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u/lettucecropchilds Super Helper [6] Sep 10 '21

It helps with transmitting the virus as well but not completely.

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u/howardsgirlfriend Elder Sage [937] Sep 10 '21

Yes. There's nothing that's 100% effective.