Real talk…a friend from high school just lost her husband to COVID. He was 33, healthy, and in athletic shape. He was not vaccinated. They have a 4 yr old daughter and another on the way. This is devastating and heart wrenching. If you are unvaccinated and think you have a good chance of surviving this virus, think again. COVID does not play.

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My hesitant hubs finally got the first shot today and took his daughter too (14). I had him close a couple times to getting it - his main reason is that he never gets sick and was nervous about the shot. I think we had a convergence of events that pushed him to yes.

His brother in law had covid that turned into pneumonia and was sick and out of work for three weeks (unpaid). his sister was also sick but not that bad. They have an 11 y/o and twin babies. BIL recovered but it was rough. They are early 30s.

My sister's family now has covid, she was pretty sick for 2+ days and her hubs and and three kids can't go back to work/school for 14 more days at least. They are mid-late 30s. I'm worried because she has undiagnosed issues but they seem to be stomach issues (not lung or heart but we don't know for sure).

Lastly - a neighbor died on Thursday from covid-caused pneumonia, older (70) after three weeks in the hospital. That whole group is vaccine resistant and this is the second time it has gone through about 5+ people that hang out. Her husband is much younger and a wreck, and was the one of the loudest about vaccine as a conspiracy.

All these people are/were not vaccinated. The scariest/realist scenario to my husband was testing positive and having to stay home with the kid for 2-3 weeks without a paycheck. She would lose out in school (freshman) and football games - after being home with us for a year plus, kid needs to be with her peers. Maybe more important is that she said she would get the shot a few weeks ago because she wants to be able to see her 80+ great grandma (yay empathy). But then she seemed to change her mind a little bit bc we live in a pretty red area.

Finally this weekend, I told him I would leave for at least the period of time for him to recover if he tested positive and couldn't go to work (either our camp or vacation) but would of course come back. I got my shots in the spring.

So in my experience it has to come down to something personally motivating to get people to change their minds. I didn't want to push earlier bc I can't guarantee no side effects but since Pfizer is approved and all these younger family members are having real impact, I pushed it and he listened. I have agreed to be haunted if the shots do him in.

Good luck out there folks!

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So sad. Glad others got motivated.

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I’ve been on the fence for months (also recovered from Covid mid-July with light symptoms). Reading through these posts and even through this bowl in general is what I needed to tip me over the edge - made my appt for my first dose a week from now.

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Just got it! Now I’ll be having a panic attack for the next 30 min thinking I’ll be one of the people that reacts badly 🙃 thanks for the encouragement everyone ❤️

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People don’t want to get vaccinated, but wouldn’t mind the docs injecting hundreds of unknown meds if they are admitted. I can’t get it

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This^^. My nurse friends have been telling me about some of the non-FDA approved and experimental treatments they’re having to use on severe COVID cases (99% of the time unvaccinated), and they’re far less studied and proven than the vaccines. 🤷‍♀️

I’d like to believe this would impact people or change minds but it won’t. I do applaud the effort though.

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Damn if on there was a way...

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Like maybe a vaccine?

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My condolences to your friend. 🙏

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I am 26, healthy, and athletic. I was bedridden for two days when I caught it and then had mild sniffles for the rest of the week, with no following disabilities. Same with my wife, father, and grandma.

I’ve also known people who have been put in the hospital following vaccination.

Your friend’s husband is an anomaly, and no amount of paranoia or science-cultism will fix that, unfortunately.

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Had a family friend die of the flu a few years back in similar circumstances - healthy early 30s male. Just dropped dead when he walked in the ER due to heart failure related to flu. Multiple young daughters.

The world is full of risk and in the end nobody makes it out alive. Please have respect for the decisions others make with their lives and their bodies. This pandemic made everybody an armchair doctor and CDC Director for everyone else. Life is meant to be lived so let’s get past this thing together.

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Thanks for sharing OP. sad to hear and for what it’s worth I appreciate you sharing

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Thank you

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Forget all of these dumb posts OP. Thanks for sharing and I’m sorry for your loss.

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My condolences to your friend. My father-in-law was just put on a vent for covid and it’s not looking good. Both he and his wife caught it, both not vaccinated. She ended up being fine, but chances are he’s not making it. Tried for months to tell them the importance of getting vaccinated but they didn’t believe in the science.

I get people being skeptical and hell even being concerned about long-term side effects that haven’t shown up yet but are you really ready to put your life and loved ones on the line? It’s a hard lesson to learn that once learned there’s no coming back from. He’s 58 and the vaccine could have saved him from the complications he’ll experience IF he even survives.

We’re all torn to pieces by it and it’s even more heartbreaking because he never got to meet our daughter - his first grandchild. This virus is too cruel to leave to chance.

I am so sorry to hear this. It is so frustrating when an effective vaccine is readily available to prevent all of this. I hope your father-in-law is able to recover and my thoughts are with your family.

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