First of all, definitely not anti-vax in general; I grew up listening to my grandmother tell me about how she helped out during a smallpox outbreak in the 1920s (because of having cowpox as a girl), and my mother telling me about her bout with whooping cough ... not to mention that the area was lousy for rabies, and wildlife vaxxing was/is popular there. Though when I get the flu vaccine, it's usually the kind that goes up the nose, because fuck needles (though I got it in a shot last year combined with a long-overdue update of childhood stuff because whooping cough seems to pop up around here from time to time, plus there was that measles outbreak a few years ago.)
Not even against the idea of getting protection against this damn Chinese bioweapon, BUT! Yes, the stories of the blood clots are concerning, and does seem to be recognized as a problem with the AstraZeneca kind; I've also heard of issues with crones like myself getting their monthlies back, and I definitely don't want that, either. So I'm just waiting for things to straighten out, mostly, and see how the voluntary human test subjects do overall.
Interestingly enough, my doctor didn't say squatto about getting the wuflu shot, though he did make a point of bugging me about getting a mammogram and stuff, and I'm not exactly falling over myself trying to do that, either. He'll mention it again in six months, and I'll ignore it again in six months. I have more immediate chronic concerns to deal with.
Frankly, I don't agree with the vax licenses, BUT I DON'T AGREE WITH DOG LICENSES, EITHER.
And as for travel, well, I remember when getting shots before you left - at least for certain countries - used to be expected and in some cases mandatory, and frankly, until recently, I hadn't assumed that this had actually changed.
First of all, definitely not anti-vax in general; I grew up listening to my grandmother tell me about how she helped out during a smallpox outbreak in the 1920s (because of having cowpox as a girl), and my mother telling me about her bout with whooping cough ... not to mention that the area was lousy for rabies, and wildlife vaxxing was/is popular there. Though when I get the flu vaccine, it's usually the kind that goes up the nose, because fuck needles (though I got it in a shot last year combined with a long-overdue update of childhood stuff because whooping cough seems to pop up around here from time to time, plus there was that measles outbreak a few years ago.)
Not even against the idea of getting protection against this damn Chinese bioweapon, BUT! Yes, the stories of the blood clots are concerning, and does seem to be recognized as a problem with the AstraZeneca kind; I've also heard of issues with crones like myself getting their monthlies back, and I definitely don't want that, either. So I'm just waiting for things to straighten out, mostly, and see how the voluntary human test subjects do overall.
Interestingly enough, my doctor didn't say squatto about getting the wuflu shot, though he did make a point of bugging me about getting a mammogram and stuff, and I'm not exactly falling over myself trying to do that, either. He'll mention it again in six months, and I'll ignore it again in six months. I have more immediate chronic concerns to deal with.
Frankly, I don't agree with the vax licenses, BUT I DON'T AGREE WITH DOG LICENSES, EITHER.
And as for travel, well, I remember when getting shots before you left - at least for certain countries - used to be expected and in some cases mandatory, and frankly, until recently, I hadn't assumed that this had actually changed.