Vaccination ... is this a Political or General Discussion ?
Just to be safe I'll go Political because you know the Trumpers are going to go nuts most likely.
I am just wondering, an informal poll ... who has already gotten vaccinated, or is going to get vaccinated, and who is either going to wait or not get vaccinated at all.
I just got my second "jab" a while ago and have about another week before they say I am safe ... at least until the next variant erupts all over the planet.
I am pretty impressed with the new vaccines. They were already researched, designed and in production before the beginning of 2020, last year.
These mRNA vaccines are amazingly cool things. They snip a little chunk of the protein from the target virus onto a molecule that the body sees as a foreign invader and then memorized that protein and goes after it wherever it shows up in the body subsequently.
The coolest thing is that they can now do this with certain cancer cells. Find a characteristic protein and turn the bodies defenses against the cancer cells.
And, because it is RNA, it never goes into the cell nuclear and it is not alive or viral at all.
That said, and knowing all that, doesn't mean I was not a bit anxious as I got my first and even second jab of the needle.
So, now I'll get a bit political ... thanks Joe. ;-)