Shut 'er down. ** -- MikeVT85 03/11/2021 3:07PM
Dammit, just got word that a front desk person in office tested positive -- DonHo-kieHi 03/11/2021 11:03AM
I wish that was unbelievable. Jeez. ** -- reestuart 03/11/2021 12:57PM
I have a friend who is co owner of a General Practitioner practice -- Late 80s Hokie 03/11/2021 12:54PM
Just took our dog to a critical care facility. The vet said they are going -- Femoyer Hokie 03/11/2021 12:48PM
Dayum...when does this antivaxer nonsense go away? ** -- MrBayAreaHokie 03/11/2021 12:30PM
I have a pregnant wife. -- hokiehunter07 03/11/2021 3:00PM
I don't think that qualifies you as anti-vaxxer -- hoosnowahokie 03/11/2021 4:24PM
Can't blame you a bit. I hope the rest of the pregnancy goes well! ** -- reestuart 03/11/2021 3:16PM
I think your decision is perfectly reasonable. ** -- vthokieq 03/11/2021 3:14PM
Dont' take it personally charlie tuna -- MrBayAreaHokie 03/11/2021 3:08PM
After they die. ** -- PhotoHokieNC 03/11/2021 1:16PM
DonHo, I can see it if women and child bearing age still. I might -- Razor4VT 03/11/2021 12:20PM
Birth defects...sorry, but that gave me a chuckle... -- JoesterVT 03/11/2021 12:25PM
Don't know that it will, Don't know it won't. That's why a lot -- Razor4VT 03/11/2021 3:01PM
I got the shot but your attitude is wrong -- HOKIEVET 03/11/2021 1:29PM
Well, I did say sorry... -- JoesterVT 03/11/2021 1:38PM
Some common medicine from the 60's, I forget what it was but a lot of -- Late 80s Hokie 03/11/2021 12:57PM
You're thinking of Thalidomide, discussion going on lower in the thread ** -- typed by ben 03/11/2021 1:05PM
Thanks, I saw that further down after I posted, and yes, I think that's it. -- Late 80s Hokie 03/11/2021 1:09PM
Fire them if they force your business to close.... -- Freddyburg Hokie 03/11/2021 12:00PM
Am I the only one hesitant to get the mRNA vaccine? -- RoswellGAHokie 03/11/2021 11:41AM
So you fear that its long term effect MAY kill you? Enough to let the short -- UTPr0sim 03/11/2021 7:22PM
The disease is heavily stratified. I’m not in a category that has much to -- RoswellGAHokie 03/11/2021 7:58PM
So said my 53 year old neighbor with no underlying conditions. RIP... ** -- UTPr0sim 03/11/2021 10:37PM
I'll hold out until more data trickles in or I'm economically forced to. ** -- VTDante 03/11/2021 2:37PM
Worldwide, 200 mil. folks have had at least 1 dose. That's a lot of data ** -- JoesterVT 03/11/2021 2:44PM
Absolutely not. Asking questions is part of science. All these vaccines are -- RUHokie 03/11/2021 2:31PM
Yep. And doing so or being skeptical is reason for derision by a few, it -- ColoVT82 03/11/2021 4:12PM
What are specific concerns? Do you receive other vaccinations? ** -- Va AandM 03/11/2021 4:46PM
I'm going to be so pissed if I don't get the mRNA vaccine. -- Gobbler-100 03/11/2021 2:24PM
Not the only one ** -- Tombo 03/11/2021 2:20PM
What research have you done that led you to this hesitancy? -- vthokieq 03/11/2021 2:12PM
In those 30 years, how many arms did mRNA go into and when? -- RoswellGAHokie 03/11/2021 2:27PM
Ok...step one. You admit it isn't "new". -- vthokieq 03/11/2021 2:35PM
Blind fear and blind faith are very similar. ** -- RTFC 03/11/2021 7:21PM
Ok -- vthokieq 03/11/2021 7:48PM
Not at all to you personally, some do -- RTFC 03/11/2021 7:53PM
Don’t disagree at all. -- vthokieq 03/11/2021 8:06PM
You didn’t answer what is a very straightforward question. ** -- RoswellGAHokie 03/11/2021 2:38PM
I don't have an exact number. Sorry. It's > 0. -- vthokieq 03/11/2021 2:42PM
Good Questions are always healthy to ask -- calihokie 03/11/2021 2:02PM
Shutup and do what your government tells you. ** -- psychobilly 03/11/2021 1:45PM
They can inject me with goat's blood for all I care. If we can get back to -- vt90 03/11/2021 1:13PM
If you need the vaccine to get within -- Tombo 03/11/2021 2:21PM
I agree ... I just don't care what it takes to get back to normal. I am -- vt90 03/11/2021 2:24PM
Maybe that feeling is the hope... ** -- Tombo 03/11/2021 2:30PM
I was very hesitant, but did get the vaccine ** -- radhokie1 03/11/2021 1:11PM
Well, you can be exposed via the vaccine, or take your changes and be -- HokieSignGuy 03/11/2021 1:03PM
An mRNA vaccine is simpler and cleaner than traditional ones... -- Va AandM 03/11/2021 12:26PM
Not at all. U have good reason. Its your body ** -- ColoVT82 03/11/2021 12:18PM
Brilliant ** -- Stork 03/11/2021 12:39PM
They've been studying the technology for over a decade. I think they -- reestuart 03/11/2021 12:09PM
You're right. Large corporations would never knowingly do anything to harm -- HokieNoVA 03/11/2021 1:11PM
+1000 ** -- RTFC 03/11/2021 1:28PM
It is possible that there is a conspiracy among 3 competing pharm giants -- reestuart 03/11/2021 1:20PM
BIG money to lose. -- GSOHokie01 03/11/2021 4:14PM
Cigarette companies and asbestos manufacturers on line 1. ** -- HokieNoVA 03/11/2021 2:09PM
Three decades ** -- vthokieq 03/11/2021 1:06PM
So did the Dr's giving Thalidomide to pregnant women.... ** -- RTFC 03/11/2021 12:17PM
Never sold in the US due to our FDA. Europe was lacks and changed rules... -- Va AandM 03/11/2021 12:28PM
Wrong. My grandmother took it for morning sickness in the 50's -- RTFC 03/11/2021 12:32PM
Never approved, experimental drug. Went through trials in for MM -- Va AandM 03/11/2021 12:48PM
In the 50s. Never approved by FDA. ** -- reestuart 03/11/2021 12:41PM
But it was sold/available in the US and Dr's recommended it. ** -- RTFC 03/11/2021 12:45PM
No, it wasn't -- JoesterVT 03/11/2021 12:56PM
You used the word available in your answer -- RTFC 03/11/2021 1:06PM
From the tiny bit I've searched, it looks like it was mostly in trials here -- reestuart 03/11/2021 12:52PM
Might have been trials, but the point is -- RTFC 03/11/2021 1:02PM
Didn't Dr's also recommend smoking back then? They certainly don't know -- reestuart 03/11/2021 1:22PM
Just Camels -- JoesterVT 03/11/2021 1:39PM
How about smoking camel toes? ** -- NokieHokie 03/11/2021 2:57PM
Some did -- RTFC 03/11/2021 1:27PM
Nope ** -- Va AandM 03/11/2021 12:48PM
Yes, family member experience in mid 1950's. -- RTFC 03/11/2021 12:52PM
I don't think a lot of people here realize what a big deal it was -- `lag 03/11/2021 1:28PM
Yes, it may have been "trials" but the amount -- RTFC 03/11/2021 1:47PM
Yeah, looks like it was a large number of people. ** -- reestuart 03/11/2021 2:09PM
Was she part of a trial? -- typed by ben 03/11/2021 12:39PM
No worries, that I don't know for sure. -- RTFC 03/11/2021 12:44PM
Glad to hear that 🙏🙏 ** -- typed by ben 03/11/2021 12:45PM
Thalidomide was OTC ** -- typed by ben 03/11/2021 12:19PM
So it likely went thru even more test, trials to get to OTC status -- RTFC 03/11/2021 12:25PM
But how long have mRNA vaccines been in people’s arms and how many? ** -- RoswellGAHokie 03/11/2021 12:15PM
Never before in humans ** -- ColoVT82 03/11/2021 12:37PM
You really are clueless. ** -- Stork 03/11/2021 12:40PM
Go argue with Harvard. Why not post a specific citation of use in humans? -- ColoVT82 03/11/2021 4:11PM
That doesn't counter what he is saying. These type of vaccines have been -- reestuart 03/11/2021 4:20PM
Your usual helpful empty posts** -- Tombo 03/11/2021 2:23PM
Not one to defend Stork...but here he's pretty much correct. -- vthokieq 03/11/2021 3:41PM
You just gave 100% more information than he did ** -- Tombo 03/11/2021 4:31PM
Not that im aware of. In Animals, yes. As I said -- ColoVT82 03/11/2021 4:04PM
Become more aware then. -- vthokieq 03/11/2021 4:22PM
And i posted a statement from harvard. ** -- ColoVT82 03/12/2021 05:18AM
Yes. And that statement doesn’t say what you claim. -- vthokieq 03/12/2021 06:51AM
Got my first dose yesterday, so I can confirm 24 hours at a minimum. ** -- VT Pops 03/11/2021 12:25PM
Here's a little info... -- reestuart 03/11/2021 12:20PM
These people are looking for reasons NOT to take the vaccine. -- Stork 03/11/2021 12:43PM
Lots don't want to take the vaccine but want everything to reopen. -- reestuart 03/11/2021 12:45PM
We'll let evolution take care of them. ** -- Stork 03/11/2021 12:46PM
I figure by about June-July, I'll still mask up, but these others that -- reestuart 03/11/2021 12:53PM
You aren’t the only one. No long-term data. -- GSOHokie01 03/11/2021 11:57AM
Then get the J&J -- JoesterVT 03/11/2021 11:56AM
Nope. I have my hesitations for those same reasons but, as I've said before -- Hurley09 03/11/2021 11:55AM
Wrong. Here's nice bit from VT today. Explains it well. -- Stork 03/11/2021 11:55AM
They obviously are in on the conspiracy ** -- Baltimore Hokie 03/11/2021 2:27PM
As a scientist I will take any of the 3 available, the mRNA vaccines are -- HortHokie 03/11/2021 11:46AM
Are they in the high-risk categories? ** -- HokieSignGuy 03/11/2021 11:32AM
High risk county! Highest positivity rate in NC for several weeks. Contact -- DonHo-kieHi 03/11/2021 11:40AM
I meant over 65, overweight, health problems. ** -- HokieSignGuy 03/11/2021 1:00PM
Seriously, and here I am 2z waiting to be called last -- `lag 03/11/2021 11:18AM
And all of this after the first bike ride of the season on new knees ** -- OXVT 03/11/2021 11:05AM