I got the Pfizer.
I live in one of the only places on earth that has no Covid (true). A little part of Australia where we are free as birds to do whatever the fuck we like without masks or any other restrictions. So why the fuck would I get vaccinated?
Good question!
Because my wife got Covid – the very first strain – at the end of 2019 in China. In 20 years of being together, I have never seen her so sick. And she's a tough girl – not even 40 at the time she got it. So I know the shit is real.
But back to me. Coz, you know, it's all about me.
I had a little think about what was going on in the world and I reached a few conclusions:
We can't avoid Covid forever. Right now, on the other side of the country, it is starting to run rife. They have a conservative government who didn't take the Delta strain seriously. So it got out and started making it's way into other parts of the country. And then jumped on a boat to New Zealand for good measure.
I reckon enough people around the world have had their Pfizer shots without issue. There will always be issues, but for the most part I decided that the risk of the vaccine was less than the risk of Covid.
Lucky for me, I didn't feel a thing. Maybe I'm one of those lucky people
Maybe I'm one of those other lucky people who would have had mild symptoms – if any – had I got Covid. Well, there's still a risk I can get Covid, so I'm sure I won't be that lucky all the time.
But what if I wasn't one of those lucky people? What if I ended up in hospital like my wife? Or worse? She recovered, thankfully, but she was awfully sick for a long time. And Delta appears to be worse.
So my final conclusion was, I would rather take the risk of a vaccine than take the risk of getting the Delta strain without one. Because by the time it reaches my part of the world, it may be too late to get vaccinated - there will be a massive rush from those who left it late thinking we'd never get it . . . only to realise that all bubbles pop sooner or later.
And besides, people die of Viagra (thanks Pfizer!), but that never stopped old, white, conservative men from taking it – did it?