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Originally Posted by HOOT
Maybe that person should have been smart enough to get the shot themselves.
Just found out my dad might have it, doctor says most likely he does, and I'm still not going to rush down to get my shot. There are people out there who need it a lot more than a healthy male, 26 years old with no history of medical problems.
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I refer you to Bobblehead's answer:
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Originally Posted by Bobblehead
Since the vaccine doesn't guarantee that you will become immune (I think it is a 90% probability if you get the one with the adjucant) then even if you have done everything you can do you may still get it. But if a significant portion of the population gets immunized then even if your immunization didn't "work" there is a good chance the immunity of everyone else will prevent the virus from getting to you (it is called herd immunity, and I believe you need 70% of the population or greater to be immunized).
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Originally Posted by HOOT
anyone dies I will blame the healthy people who didn't need to get it right away taking the shot away from those who needed it more.
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Those in the high risk category should have first priority.