willfrye027
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I'm in a rural area of California. We've had peaks and troughs like a lot of places. We lagged behind the rest of the state for a long time and I sort of rolled my eyes at it all being hyped up to much. But then it really hit our community and did a lot of damage. That's a big part of the issue with this pandemic—every community is going to be a little different in their trajectory. Some may not be hit as bad, some will really suffer. We had time to see LA turn into a 3rd world country as we grabbed up supplies and made plans to convert other units of the hospital to ICU units. We still were only a few patients away during the last spike from enacting "rationing" of ventilators and ICU level care despite having plenty of time to prepare. I am truly thankful we did not end up there and I hate to say it, but we have the "alarmists" to thank for that. It got a lot worse than I personally expected it to.Just to be a smart *** the Spanish flu was less than 100 years ago and was far far worse than this. I'm not saying either way the vaccine is bad i in fact think it's fine. But it's not as bad as many say. I know two people one close to me who had a hard time but know many more with very small issues if any. To be fair I'm just Messing with you as the Spanish flu is almost 100 years ago.
Gotta ask what area do you guys live. Out hospitals have seen very few certainly not overrun. Not even close that is spectrum in Grand Rapids Mi.
I think covid ranks up there with Spanish flu. Maybe not as bad but we're also not done with it yet. It's bad in different ways. Plus thanks to modern medicine people can suffer longer before the virus does them in. Weeks and months in the hospital with no visits from family allowed. Ventilators, tracheostomy, ecmo—just a few of the ways we can use modern medicine to prolong death (and save some people of course). Most people will be fine yes but before it's done I think most people will know someone who died, or at least suffered terribly.
I offer my opinions here but do not pass judgement on anyone who doesn't want the vaccine. It IS scary that it happened so fast, and with so little testing compared to other vaccines. But overall I think it's fine and it's worth the "risks" so to speak. But I will not pass judgement on people who don't want it.