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Yes, there will be side effects, but some of us are accustomed to that. And the providers always go over the side effects and give you a paper listing them when you get a vaccine. I guess everyone will have to decide on their own, but trial volunteers who have been interviewed regularly describe their reactions as "no worse than a flu shot."
BUT - my daughter's 40 yo coworker who had Covid last spring. She has suffered as a "long hauler" all summer and fall was just admitted to the ICU in their hospital today for multiple pulmonary embolisms...and she is young and had no underlying risks before Covid. That drives me into the "Yes to the vaccine" camp...
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@sueinmn, How alarming for the young coworker who not only suffered as a "long hauler" but now is in ICU with multiple embolisms. This horrid virus is nondiscriminatory and reports from others with long continuing after effects of Covid-19 should alert all to the unknown lasting effects. There is still so much unknown and yet there are people who continue to refuse to take simple precautions.
Like you, I'd rather risk the temporary side effects of the covid vaccine than the life threatening danger of contracting the virus.
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Well I have to agree on that. I work for Sanford Health who sent an email to all employees asking us if we would take the vaccine when it’s available. They may make it mandatory though like the flu shot. Only religious or health reasons exempt you. They intimated it could be here in December possibly. All front line workers will get it first.