[WhiteTiger]

Hell, why not...

"Among all the vaccines I have known in my life (Polio, Smallpox, diphtheria, tetanus, measles, rubella, chickenpox, hepatitis, meningitis and tuberculosis), I want to also add flu and pneumonia. I have never seen a vaccine that forced me to wear a mask and maintain my social distance, even when you are fully vaccinated.

The vaccine doesn't make you do anything. Can't "force you" to do anything. An intelligent person realizes that it's a layer of defense, and that masking and social distancing are more layers of defense. More layers of defense = better. But no defense is impenetrable.

I had never heard of a vaccine that spreads the virus even after vaccination.

The vaccine doesn't spread the virus even after vaccination. A PERSON who is vaccinated is capable of spreading the virus, but is much less likely to, generally speaking. Just like every other vaccine out there. A vaccine is not a silver bullet of immunity against a virus, it is a strong layer of protection.

I had never heard of rewards, discounts, incentives to get vaccinated.

I believe the proper phrase here is "do your own research". Regardless of whichever societal benefit we are talking about, there is always a segment of the population who digs their heels in and has a tantrum and must be bribed in some way to do the right thing.

I never saw discrimination for those who didn't.

For someone claiming to know a lot of history, you are demonstrating that you don't know much history at all.

If you haven't been vaccinated no one has tried to make you feel like a bad person.

Do you have any clue about human nature? Humans do this all the time to each other for a massive plethora of reasons. This time around, most of us who are doing the right thing are tired of putting up with your whiny s*** holding the rest of us back.

I have never seen a vaccine that threatens the relationship between family, colleagues and friends.

Have you honestly never heard of divisive topics before? Or do you think the world sprang into being yesterday?

I have never seen a vaccine used to threaten livelihoods, work or
school.

If you don't want to be a responsible member of society, you don't get to enjoy the privileges of said society. This is nothing new.

I have never seen a vaccine that would allow a 12-year-old to override parental consent.

If your 12yo is capable of seeing the benefits of this, but the parent isn't...that is far more telling than you know, but not quite in the way you are thinking.

After all the vaccines I listed above, I have never seen a vaccine like this one, which discriminates, divides and judges society as it is. And as the social fabric tightens… It's a powerful vaccine!

No, it's just a vaccine, like every other one before it.

If we still need a booster dose after we are fully vaccinated, and we still need to get a negative test after we are fully vaccinated, and we still need to wear a mask after we are fully vaccinated, and still be hospitalized after we have been fully vaccinated, it will likely come to “It's time for us to admit that we've been completely deceived."

No, it'd just indicate that this vaccine, like the others before it, work like vaccines do. Protect against a certain specific thing. Do you think that SARS-CoV-2 and SARS-CoV-2-Omicon are the exact same thing? And that protection from one means you are protected from the other? If that's the case, would you mind trading me your iPhone13 for this spiffy Mobira Cityman 900? They are the same thing after all, right?

IIRC, all the vaccines you list come with suggested boosters. Heck, the tetanus shot recommends a booster every 10 years. Because protections wear off and wear down. You want to stop worrying about covid and "get back to life"...then help stop this new virus, get vaccinated, take some basic hygiene/precautionary measures, and in 2-5 (more) years, covid will be an annoying memory that we get occasionally boosters for, much like all the other diseases you have mentioned, that did some serious damage to people until we evolved and adapted with an occasional helping hand (a booster)