For gods sake - Get vaccinated

[EngineerRetired]

Not to offend but this is a no brainer and people that see it as political are just plain dumb. Look at what is happening in Florida, HIGHEST DEATH RATE EVER.


Please, find something else to make the silly political statement you seem to need so badly, get vaccinated and live to make your statement and argue your politics!

[jeanathon]

[EngineerRetired]

jeanathon

No idea what that says or means but I am betting it doesn't really matter much. Get vaccinated, the life it saves may be yours or your families.

[Nicholson58]

How about we use this thread for listing the dumb excuses. If you have trouble, Google ‘stupid excuses for not vaccinating’

We will be first in line for the booster. Sick in a Caribbean hospital is a really bad option. 4X the protection.

https://www.advisory.com/daily-brief.../booster-shots

I’ll start with my favorite jaw dropper.

“I have red hair and blue eyes so I’m immune. “

An then, the Caribbean island favorite:

“It’s a white man conspiracy “. Then why were old white people the first to get in line?

[GordMay]

Originally Posted by EngineerRetired

No idea what that says or means but I am betting it doesn't really matter much. Get vaccinated, the life it saves may be yours or your families.

“I am not actually vaccinated; but I identify as someone who is vaccinated”

The ‘Trans Vaccinated’ meme is a mix of anti-vaccine ideology, with an anti-trans joke.

The [ignorant] idea being that, transgender people aren’t really the gender they say they are, but liberals accept their stated identities, so why can’t he just say the same about being vaccinated?

[s/v Jedi]

Originally Posted by EngineerRetired

Not to offend but this is a no brainer and people that see it as political are just plain dumb. Look at what is happening in Florida, HIGHEST DEATH RATE EVER.


Please, find something else to make the silly political statement you seem to need so badly, get vaccinated and live to make your statement and argue your politics!

You should calm down and check your statements before posting them. There are 20 states with a higher death rate than Florida (see first attachment for evidence) and the past day there were 28 states with more deaths (only 6 persons died in Florida, see second attachment for evidence).

All this while Florida is the retirement state filled with old people.

[jeanathon]

Originally Posted by GordMay

“I am not actually vaccinated; but I identify as someone who is vaccinated”

The ‘Trans Vaccinated’ meme is a mix of anti-vaccine ideology, with an anti-trans joke.

The [ignorant] idea being that, transgender people aren’t really the gender they say they are, but liberals accept their stated identities, so why can’t he just say the same about being vaccinated?

Excellent explanation Gord, but having to explain it does take some of the humor out of it.
The way I posted it does not allow it to be blown up. My bad.

[s/v Jedi]

Originally Posted by GordMay

“I am not actually vaccinated; but I identify as someone who is vaccinated”

The ‘Trans Vaccinated’ meme is a mix of anti-vaccine ideology, with an anti-trans joke.

The [ignorant] idea being that, transgender people aren’t really the gender they say they are, but liberals accept their stated identities, so why can’t he just say the same about being vaccinated?

Lol… the word “transgender” literally proves the idea valid… opposite of ignorant.

denoting or relating to a person whose sense of personal identity and gender does not correspond with their birth sex.

[Nicholson58]

Originally Posted by s/v Jedi

You should calm down and check your statements before posting them. There are 20 states with a higher death rate than Florida (see first attachment for evidence) and the past day there were 28 states with more deaths (only 6 persons died in Florida, see second attachment for evidence).

All this while Florida is the retirement state filled with old people.

Jedi,
It is politically correct to push the narrative on Florida, especially red states. Consider sources, Wa Po, Huffington, Blaze etc. too many agendas. Data manipulation, omission, re-purposing. The ALL do it.

[boatman61]

Originally Posted by s/v Jedi

Lol… the word “transgender” literally proves the idea valid… opposite of ignorant.

Jedi.. your being too logical, it does not work with idealists..

[Shrew]

Originally Posted by EngineerRetired

No idea what that says.....

Originally Posted by jeanathon

Excellent explanation Gord, but having to explain it does take some of the humor out of it.
The way I posted it does not allow it to be blown up. My bad.

It's easy to understand, but very difficult to read.

[skipmac]

Originally Posted by s/v Jedi

You should calm down and check your statements before posting them. There are 20 states with a higher death rate than Florida (see first attachment for evidence) and the past day there were 28 states with more deaths (only 6 persons died in Florida, see second attachment for evidence).

All this while Florida is the retirement state filled with old people.

If you read the statement carefully he says the death rate in Florida is the highest ever meaning only for Florida, not the highest in the US but the highest in that one state.

Which may or may not be correct. Haven't looked at the exact numbers recently but being a Florida resident (currently out of the state for the summer) I do follow the news and know that Covid cases in FL have spiked dramatically. Have a good friend who is a recently retired nurse from a major hospital in north Florida. The messages she is getting from friends still working is tragic and the situation is clearly in a crisis.

[Nicholson58]

I’m not sure how to react to someone wearing it. Is it a warning, not vaxed, stay away? Is it an offensive joke that gets you attacked? Does it declare the wearer as dumb but thinks himself clever? The shirt exists because the issue has been become political messaging. Why is there no parallel ultra reaction to MMR, Polio, Smallpox, hepatitis?

[GordMay]

In Canada, we have a highway called the “Trans Canada Highway”; but I think that identity was assigned at birth.

[Shrew]

Originally Posted by EngineerRetired

Not to offend but this is a no brainer and people that see it as political are just plain dumb. Look at what is happening in Florida, HIGHEST DEATH RATE EVER.

Please, find something else to make the silly political statement you seem to need so badly, get vaccinated and live to make your statement and argue your politics!

I'll preface this with, I agree with your overall viewpoint, however,

1) Don't do it for "god's" sake (Let's not bring religion into this). Do it for humanity's sake.

2) Prefacing a inflammatory discussion or statement with "Not to offend.." doesn't absolve you from offending people.

3) Stop and consider this..... Will an anti-vaxxer EVER convince you NOT to get a vaccine? What makes you think you will convince an antivaxxer to get vaccinated??

Those who want it, get it. Those who don't......won't, regardless of how frustrating that might be to some.