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My dad, who was hospitalized with COVID at the end of 2020 and still isn't back to normal, told me the other day he'd never get a booster (He did get 2 doses of Moderna earlier this year.). I asked him why and he had a few reasons.
1- They still don't know the long term effects of the vaccine.
I reminded him that he knows that one of the long term effects of getting COVID is death because he was a little bit close to ****ing death when he had it. I also explained that he's 80 so long term effects aren't as important. I didn't say it as rudely as it sounds when typing it.
2- He saw on the news the other day that 8.3% of the people in the hospital with COVID were fully vaccinated.
I explained that it means 91.7% weren't vaccinated. He actually acknowledged that was a good point and then followed up with number 3.
3-He doesn't think they (the government) knows what they're doing. He said that they told us we couldn't get COVID if we were vaccinated. Then they said if we got two shots we couldn't get COVID. Now they say at least three shots will be needed. He doesn't think they know what they're doing and doesn't trust them.
I stopped trying to convince him at this point. He's clearly determined not to get a booster. That's probably fine anyway because it's kind of doubtful that he'll get another severe case based on what we know at this point. I will say that the government's messaging has been terrible since the beginning. That's not a partisan thing, EVERYONE'S failed in that regard. They have changed the goal posts some which is perhaps kind of understandable as this thing evolves. People like my dad also seem incapable or unwilling to parse through it all as well.
This man has had open heart surgery and said COVID was way worse. SMH
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