Not a single regret

www.news.com.au/world/coronavirus/australia/covid-poll-a-pulse-check-of-australia-as-we-exit-the-pandemic/news-story/cb910eb5525d0dd24ca38ff5a6240822

There is a Facebook page titled Died Suddenly or something that is getting lots of attention.

What is clear is there has been a huge increase in deaths especially from the relatively young.

In the age group up to 40 people are falling off the perch at ridiculous levels.

Tequila, get annoyed at the people that made the rules that forced you to get it.

I'm really sorry to hear you got injured. There's been plenty of people on Seabreeze with good intentions warning for over a year about potential adverse reactions. I seem to remember we were called conspiracy theorist anti-vaxxers.

Try a prolonged water fast mate.... it's a potential help for vax injuries and long covid.

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Harrow said..
.... A survey of 50,000 people is a reasonable sample size...

Then again 50,000 responses means about 22 million didn't bother opting to respond.

37% of respondents said they did not get the vax.

...umm voluntary on-line poll..., seems like the respondents might be somewhat weighted towards those who had the poll outcome in mind before they responded.....

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Harrow said..

That's an easy statement to make after the event for anyone who's life hasn't been ruined by the vaccine, but a single person's experience is certainly not an indicator of the big picture. The article points out two rather significant poll results... only 35% saying they were vaccinated and would do the same again, while not a single person regretted not getting vaccinated. A survey of 50,000 people is a reasonable sample size, so it does raise the question of why so few people would do it again. Is there underreporting of the negative health effects the vaccine has had on people? I wonder what other reasons could be behind the poll result?

I am going to try and argue on logic alone, so please don't ascribe any bias to my reasoning. For this post at least.

With anything risky, and we will assume a new vaccine is a risk, surely people will often regret taking it? Even if there is no negative outcome for each individual, they will worry about the uncertainty of effects and any long term issues that may or may not happen.

Clearly the people that have negative outcomes will regret taking it. People that have friends or family that have had negative outcomes will probably regret taking it.

It's one of those things where you cannot see the alternative, i.e. had you not had the vaccine would the virus have given you a negative outcome at least as bad as taking the vaccine?

If we swing to the complete opposite pole, the people that died from the virus and MAY have been saved by a vaccine would probably have regretted NOT taking the vaccine, but clearly they aren't voting are they?

Oh yeah, I also forgot about the bias that comes about from wanting to respond to something. Like Internet reviews, people are far more likely to want to respond if they have a strong feeling one way or the other about something. If they have a nuetral feeling about something, are they likely to respond to a survey? I know in this case I kept getting pages on 'news' suggesting I take part in the survey. I didn't even though I would have provided a response that said I was happy to take the vaccine and had no regrets.

I always worry when people pop up after an event and say 'I would have done this' or 'you should have done that'. It was (is?) a difficult time and new to everyone so you cannot interpret it as if it was.

For those that disagree with that point, I got the lotto numbers wrong for the last draw. I can now see what they should have been.

What numbers should I use for the next draw?

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FormulaNova said..
Hah, this is sort of funny in that a person 'close' to being an anti-vaxer is having a go at another person 'close' to being an anti-vaxer, not realising that they probably agree on the issue. I only use the word 'close' just in case I am wrong, but my memory tells me that they both had similar opinions over the last year or so.

(edit: You nongs actually agree with each other and this is a simple misunderstanding!)

Completely unrelated, I recall reading something about conspiracy theorists in general not being so good at comprehension, perception or understanding ;-)

Or he/she/it is responding to remery's post?

Yeah, maybe. I hadn't considered that. The wording around the 'jacking off with woke posts of no regrets' bit hints to me that it is a reply to the OP even if its a mistaken understanding.

I could be wrong. Unlike news polls, I am not 100% right!

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HotBodMon said..

Tequila ! said..
Ok Seabreeze is WOKE. We get it.
I got injured by your vaccine. I only got vaccinated to not lose my job.
With the frigging censorship "virtue signalling" already happening here for 2 yrs now, now jacking off w a "no regrets" post, means I am really at the wrong place.

I can post my jokes somewhere else.
Anothed website can get my forecast seeking clicks. The rest F it. Time to renew friends and discuss at other places.

So long Seabreeze. Tequila signing off.
Enjoy each other

Seabreeze isn't 'fully' woke .
The choice is yours

I don't get that ad... I get one for Fanatic boards... probably more to do with search history

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Harrow said..
Yep, but ignore that 37%, and you still only have around half of the vaxed respondents saying they would do the same again. I just think that's a curious response.

Reading through the comments of that article here's that 50% of the vaxxed Harrow.

I had 2 surfs and a wingding on the weekend. Not a single regret.

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CH3MTR4IL5 said..
Maybe that's a better place to comment on vaccines than Seabreeze.

Oh you've changed CH3MTR4ILS you used to love commenting on this topic haha.

Come Thursday night I might regret picking lucky 7 as the powerball.

Won't be regretting not wasting money on bitcoin though.

One day, in a long time from now, there is a possibility I might regret wasting so much of my life posting awesome ****e on Seabreeze.com.au forums, all of which is under appreciated by the masses.

Still, I will always be secure in the knowledge that
a) I spent less time than FormulaNova posting crap
b) every single thing I posted (even the crap stuff) was more awesomer than anything FormulaNova could muster

**** me, that's some start from Quinton de Kock.

I was gonna say I bet the cricinfo stats guys will regret giving SA a 77% of victory tonight.

First over 23 runs.
1 4 6 4 4 4

bet he only got the single to stay on strike.

Anyone going to regret not going to Gnaraloo on Thursday?

Tomorrow marks a year from when I had my single Pfizer vaccine. I'm still battling myocarditis and pericarditis. The medication keeping me alive has burned my insides out to the point I needed a gastroscopy and a colonoscopy to make sure I wasn't leaking internally. I can't surf, I can't fish and I can't work. I regret getting vaccinated, I regret being lied to by the media and my doctors and I regret the fact that no one believed I was having heart issues until the permanent damage was done
I'm 32 years old with a 2 week old daughter.

Dont waste your time bickering online because it's not worth it