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I think the term "emergency approval" has negative connotations that don't necessarily correspond to the facts. Even though the current vaccines given emergency approval may not have undergone as comprehensive a vetting process as true FDA approval typically entails, they've still been tested and reviewed very extensively with very strong data pointing towards their safety and effectiveness.

 

With regards to the sacrificing of personal freedoms - I completely agree with the notion that everyone should have the right to decide what they want to put in their bodies. What annoys me, however, is that there is a great deal of misinformation and mistrust of medical experts floating around that causes people to make choices which are not necessarily based on empirical evidence or even sound logic.

You are giving the average American population entirely too much credit. At least 70% of them wouldn't know what "empirical evidence" was if it slapped them in the face.

I don't really care what they are basing their decision on. It is their life to live. I'll make my own personal decision and assuming the vaccines are as effective as advertised, then I'll be safe from anyone that chooses not to be vaccinated.

If I had a job where I was in contact with people, or had a family at home to protect, or if my health put me at greater risk of serious covid complications, then I would already be in line to be vaccinated. Fortunately none of those are the case and I can safely keep a "wait and see" approach without assuming unreasonable risk.

The emergency approval is concerning. I'll wait until that last data set is collected/ published/ reviewed.

If it's only "a couple months" shouldn't we be dropping the emergency label and giving full fda approval imminently?

Honest questions as there are people far more informed than myself in this thread.

I consider the actions I have taken voluntarily based on medical advice ... staying home when possible, masking up in public, getting vaccinated ... all to be acts of personal responsibility, good citizenship, and patriotism, not in any way a sacrifice of personal freedom.

Obviously this is all just a discussion and not meant as a personal attack on anyone. (Or perceived as such on my end) Civil discourse is necessary and there's 20% of me that enjoys playing devils advocate and representing an unpopular opinion even when I'm uncertain where I personally stand on the topic.

Here's a perfect example of why personal choice is necessary IMO.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2021/04/13/covid-us-recommends-pause-j-j-vaccine-after-reports-blood-clots/7200817002/

So you vaccinate yourself and viola, you no longer have to worry about what anyone else does (Or doesn't) do.

Edit: for the record, I'm not saying I won't get vaccinated, I can see where someone would object to being forced into getting a vaccine that was rushed.

Please tell him more, but do it via PM.

Spotted in the wild complete with Lambo doors and underglow....

site?

https://zincpoint.com/handgun-ammo/?features_hash=5-Y_6-1300

Found it on Ammoseek.com (thanks to a recommendation from a member on here)

Wonder how many of Nils' old/discarded houses are littering the ocean floor.

Thats ridiculous. The ocean is for old car batteries, not houses.

I hate January. It’s a sucky month.

It only gets worse from here.

Yep.

 

 

 

F them.

 

 

 

I don't even think the Reddit crowd cares if they lose money. Good for them.

 

 

 

I hope they rinse and repeat this shit until short selling dip shit hedge fund managers all suck start a pistol or jump off the roof of their penthouse.

I'll post my gainz when I sell at $4200.69 per share next week

An army of Redditers blowing their stimulus checks breaks the stock market.

Who had that in 2021?

Anyone get one of the vaccines yet? They are doing group 1a and 1b here, now.

Even as an essential worker it will be quite some time before any vaccine is offered to me, and I'm ok with that.

That's a definite prerequisite.

I still go over all their work with a fine toothed comb.

I even found things wrong with the work done at TiC. No shop is going to have the attention to detail that I want.

Seeing all these costs makes me glad I do most of my own work...even if it takes awhile to get things done.

I'll end up paying I'm sure.

If I thought (or was even suggested) it would be done in one day, I would not have an issue.

I asked for a break down of where those 17 hours were being spent and got zero response.

I'll probably still end up doing it so I have my car back before spring, but my gut tells me we'll be closer to $3k than $2k when all is said and done.

$120 an hour, which is about average for the better shops around here.

I could get it done in 17 hours with a lift and tranny jack.

I was figuring $1500. My problem comes when it blows right past their estimate. (Like it always does at shops)

Both of those are subjective so....

Those arrogant toddlers really get my goat too though.

What would you all expect to pay a shop to swap a spec B 6mt into a 5mt LGT? (Same year) labor only as I'm providing all the parts.

I got a quote and the hours seem a bit high.

Not really trying to do this swap outside in the middle of winter but this quote is making me consider it.