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20220112 : vaccination... again.

With the Omicron version spreading like wildfire, I have started getting renewed requests/ advice to get myself vaccinated. I am scratching my head.  I don't get it.There is no vaccine that can prevent me getting infected. So what is the point? Sure, I will likely have milder infection/ symptoms. I am again scratching my head. What are the symptoms? Fever, sore throat, cough & body ache I gather. Fever - well, the body still does not know how to regulate temperature. At the same time, I am used to feeling warm on the forehead, hot around the neck, normal at the armpits and freezing at the palms - good luck finding a fever. Sore throat - it has been 3 years since I have had any feeling in the throat. The virus can make it it's personal sandpit, no chance it will feel sore. Cough - well the cough is a consequence of the irritation in the throat. So... Anyway I create enough cough throughout the day without external help. Body ache - joints ache actually. I struggle to feel ev

20210823 : My Vaccination

Many of you, many times, in many ways have told me to get the Vaccination. I had my uncle and aunt come home and threaten me recently. My wife has tried and tried and has given up. My mother comes everyday and tells me in many ways. So I thought you should know my logic - right or wrong.. I am neither encouraging or discouraging individual choices. I hope it won't influence your decision. Actually, Its very easy to give me the shot. Just don't have to take my view and give the jab. There is no way I can resist. I am relying on (primarily) my wife's conscience as my ally in this . There are three parts to my thinking: #1.  This is my weakest argument. Like many of you, I have been watching about the evolution of the vaccines. There is nothing wrong with the science. Im not yet convinced of the amount of data especially length of time we have data. We all know how quickly they were devised and I think every one of them have been approved on emergency basis. I have seen too m