My dad, my uncle, and my grandmother all died of covid. I held my dad's cold, pale hand as he died gasping for breath in the ICU. That image and feeling will always be burned into my mind. Inheriting his fishing gear is why I am here to begin with.

 

I had shingles about five years ago. It was extremely unpleasant. I had covid and rocky mountain spotted fever at the same time last year and it got a little too touch-and-go for my liking. I don't want to think about what it would have been like without the antiviral pill and a few shots, strong chance I would be chillin with my dad and my grandparents right now.

 

Honestly I think @gimruis has the right approach here. These decisions are best made with your doctor's input. It's also important to find a provider that you have some level of rapport and trust with. If they aren't listening to you, they aren't the right one. My dad was a D.O. I can understand the historical reasons for distrust, but they do go through a significant amount of schooling and hard work to get where they are. Are they perfect in hindsight? No, but would you be cumulatively any better in your own hindsight? Almost certainly not.

 

I've been waiting for the novavax to come out, I prefer the traditional vaccine purely because I feel better the next day.

I refused the vaccine. I’ve had Covid three times.  Social distancing is what you do a a trough urinal.