Anyone else feel ashamed of getting the Covid shots?

@snowcat since you are thread banned I won't be responding further to your comments.

Going to to the pharmacy on Saturday, before the opticians appointment, to get a shot. Shame? No shame here.

Are you trying to suggest that the poster was irrational(absolutely hilarious) for buying into a vaccine that is highly effective in eradicating a virus if administered to more than 95% of the population. The mmr vaccine works brilliantly. Why would the poster not buy into that?
Sounds like you are an anti-vaxxer!

And the other 'public benefit' for those outside the cohorts considered 'vulnerable', is that there was still a risk of hospitalization and ICU. Smaller than for the vulnerable. Smaller risk of death - because the medical treatment would probably ensure they pull through.

But given population size, that would translate into numbers in hospital. Taking up a hospital bed that could have been avoided with vaccination.

This is important in the context of an outbreak of the infectious disease.

Lets see how many of this crowd change their minds when offered an MRNA Cancer vaccine. My guess they would be first in the queue!

absolutely, no need for anyone to be ashamed, the proportion of serious illness, hospital admissions and death in the vaccinated was massively lower compared to unvaccinated.

Well done to the the massive , massive majority of people in Ireland (approx 95%of adults) who got on with life and didn’t try and dispute the advice of public health experts who had to make (sometimes imperfect )evidence based recommendations in good faith for the greater good. We (as a nation) did fine in our vaccination programme and as a nation definitely benefited , even if there were some less than optimal issues on masks and restrictions.

Please don’t say you would do something just because nearly everyone else did. I’m sure you were taught that as a child.

75 million people voted for Donald Trump in 2020, and he will more than likely be voted back into the White House in a few months.

90% of voters in Russia voted for Vladimir Putin.

Or does doing something en masse only count when it suits a narrative

The gene therapy infusions, already available, are a precursor to it being condensed into vaccine form, using MRNA technology.

Unfortunately you are special as most people who take a vaccine are looking after number 1. Hence the drop off in Covid Vaccine uptake.

Thats not agreed. As a First responder i have experience of proper use of N95 mask. Donning and doffing a N95 mask is not a "very little effort" and it is highly unlikely they will ever be used correctly by the general public.

And here come the anti-mask and anti-lockdown types

I don’t think so. The only reason I took it was to protect the vulnerable (I got Covid early on before the vaccine was available) and it was the same with every one of my friends and indeed colleagues I’ve spoken to since - none of us would have bothered if it was just for our own protection. I can’t speak to the reasons of the entire population but I’d say there was a fair whack just doing their bit to protect others.

Results
from EGC affiliate Mushfiq Mobarak and coauthors’ recent paper clearly
demonstrate that mask usage reduces Covid-19, highlighting how masks
should continue to play a vital role in fighting the pandemic. "

https://egc.yale.edu/largest-study-masks-and-covid-19-demonstrates-their-effectiveness-real-world

Masks are effective with a reduction of infections of around 10%.