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Old 10-29-2009, 10:29 PM   #622
joe_mullen
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I'm not trying to tell people not to get it but no one should be able to tell me I am not entitled to hospital service because I didn't get a shot. It is like telling AIDs pateients they can't get treatment if they had unprotected sex, cancer patients they can't get treatment if they smoked, didn't use sunscreen through their life, etc.

Personally right now I am not interested in this shot. I am going to take a risk (which is only my risk) to see where things go from here. Maybe if I am effected by it more personally I will get the shot but until than it is just another panic over something that will solve itself. If people died that is bad news but that is the cost of doing business like anything you do in life.
I agree, no one can force people to take a vaccine, but to claim that it is "only my risk" is inaccurate. This is a "public" health concern. Individuals not getting vaccinated increase the risk of spread. This is what the herd effect is all about.
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