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I understand your fears, but you have to understand that God made our immune systems to be able to handle these things. In the event that someone has medical issues that make them more likely to become more sick, or die from a virus, trust me, we take precautions. I lost the use of half of my lung in the Army due to chemical exposure and frequent bouts of pneumonia. I have avoided people with colds, the flu, and pneumonia for years. Unfortunately though, I have had 2 of the 3 strands of COVID and God got me through both. What I am respectfully saying is we don't have to act like little authoritarians and force shots and mask on people to make ourselves feel better, protecting yourself is your job, not others. To put it into numbers the U.S. population is over 330 million people. COVID has killed less than a million people. So you have way less than a 1% chance of this virus killing you. That doesn't warrant us requiring everyone's rights stripped away for the sake of the fearful. I have a bumper sticker on my truck that says, "My rights don't end at your feelings." It applies even today.Be Blessed today.
There is an old saying that says your freedom to swing your arm stops at the end of my nose. The decision to not get vaccinated and to not wear a mask, affects not only you but others as well. The mask is to protect others, not you. It is possible for you to carry the virus and infect others and have no idea you are doing so. People can have a bout of COVID and then catch it again and die. Just because you have had a case does not mean you are immune.
My biggest beef with the people who refuse the vaccine is this. Almost all of the COVID cases currently in the ICU are among the non vaccinated. The ICUs in many areas are filled to capacity with COVID cases to the point there are no beds for anyone else. I just read an article about a man who had a heart attack. He was held in the ER for 36 hours because there were no beds in the ICU. The beds were all filled with COVID patients. He died. He may have died anyway, but as it was, he didn't have a chance. His case is by no means not an isolated one.
I have a cousin who is a charge nurse on the pediatric floor in a fairly large metropolitan hospital. Pediatrics isn't just young children. It is anyone 18 years and under. She is now getting, and occasionally losing, young unvaccinated patients with COVID. This wasn't the case when the pandemic first hit.
I have no idea when and how the decision to get a vaccine became political. Required vaccinations are nothing new. There are certain vaccinations required before a child can start school. Years ago I enrolled in nursing school and there was a whole list of vaccinations I had to get. These were required. Today many colleges require students to be vaccinated for meningitis. I don't see the difference between that and the COVID vaccine. True, the odds are great that you will never get sick even without the vaccine, but if you do get sick by then it is far too late.
Out of respect of everyone, please keep this thread directed to chicken myths/rumors. Thank you.Yes, vaccine requirements have been around for years, but they have always been voluntary because there are religious, and philosophical exemptions people and parents are allowed. You weren't refused medical care, lost your career, etc. if you didn't get the vaccines offered in the past. Also, the vaccines have long track records of being reliable. Mandating a new experimental drug that doesn't even have a 5 year track record is wrong and unconstitutional in the U.S. The news has been proven to over-hype, and over estimate the COVID situation in Hospitals. Hospitals also inflate their numbers and situations because COVID is profitable to them. My Mom is a chart auditor for a major medical insurance company and can tell you how profitable it is for the Hospitals concerning COVID. Finally, the government is using this man made virus to separate us from each other. I refuse to fall for their scheme which is why I stay respectful when talking about this divisive subject. This is why I despise ALL politician's. They do nothing but destroy this beautiful, what used to be free, country we had. Our former generations that fought for this country would have never dreamed of taking away peoples freedom of choice in this country. As an Army veteran, I swore to protect the people, their freedoms, and the Constitution. I didn't offer to make the ultimate sacrifice for this country just to watch it turn into what I trained to fight, the communist. Please respect all people's right to choose what to put in their bodies. They have to live with the side effects, not you. Have a Blessed Day.
oops, my info on platypus isn't really about chickens...but I thought it was pretty cool they have avian genes...so what came 1st? Chicken, egg or platypus??? 
I just don't want any arguments going on. 
) they certainly have very different personalities as well. My pekins (Lucky and Fern) can be pecky little buggers and stick together a lot and just do their own thing. The cochins (Norma Jean and Sandra Dee) are soooo friendly, follow me everywhere and are extremely nosey and chatty! 
