That is your god given right in America. But if your a true patriot, a true American, you will get the vaccine and help your country.
Patriotism or fighting for your country is your choice in America. No one is forcing you to do anything and if you feel guilty,.... its because deep down you know your wrong.
So just will keep repeating myself. The most simple patriotic, selfless, and biggest thing you can do for your country is get a vaccine. So simple. But people act like its climbing Mount Everest.
Sorry it takes 30 minutes of your so, so, so important life to get a shot.
In all honesty I don't think that people are refusing the vaccine because they think their personal schedule is so more important; it's because of how the US government turned the pandemic into a political issue and the resultant tsunami of misinformation and disinformation released on both the virus and the vaccines. Some Americans are still honestly convinced that the entire pandemic is a scam and the vaccine is part of some deep conspiracy to control and/or depopulate the global population. I don't blame them, really; I blame the morons with the microphones who use their massive social media accounts to spread outright lies that serve no purpose besides furthering their own personal agenda. And it's working.
If Republicans and Democrats truly cared about the American public, they would have united on this issue, put forth a unified front and tried like hell to prevent Americans from getting sick or dying. Instead, the United States leads the world in number of confirmed cases. (Emphasis on "confirmed" because China's official numbers have been suspect from day one.) This is just further proof that regardless of your voting habits, your elected representatives do not give a shit about your personal welfare. They would rather see Americans die than lose the next election cycle.
I waited until June to get my vaccine because the amount of contradictory information that was out there was impossible to comb through, and so I just kept a close eye on friends and family members who got vaccinated to see if they developed adverse reactions. None of them did. And not a single one has been able to reproduce the whole "magnet sticks to the arm where you got the shot" bullshit, or any of the other stupid shit being spread by the tinfoil hats.
Based on my PERSONAL research into all the available information
(meaning information I have scoured through on my own time, rejecting data that doesn't hold up versus data that remains consistent to arrive at my conclusions, plus personal observations), getting the standard J&J vaccine will not hurt you and will provide a modicum of protection against all Covid variants up through Delta, but will start to lose efficacy after 90 days, dropping to roughly 50% efficacy by the six-month mark. Booster shots will be required between the six-month and 1 year range.
Data on the mRNA vaccines is a little tougher because while this is not the first mRNA vaccine to be developed, it is the first one to ever be approved for use. I will say that current data shows no negative short-term side effects. Long-term, all we have available to us is roughly two decades worth of data from past mRNA vaccine attempts, none of which fared well and were never authorized for human use. Based on my PERSONAL research, I will refuse mRNA vaccines for Covid until better long-term results are in. However, they also appear to begin losing their efficacy at the 90-day mark, falling to roughly 60% by the six-month mark. Booster shots will be required for mRNA vaccines as well.
There is also a misconception floating around out there that the virus has achieved "vaccine breakthrough" because vaccinated people are becoming infected. This is not the case. Yes, vaccinated people are getting infected, but it's due to the dwindling efficacy I mentioned in the previous two paragraphs. The virus has not achieved "breakthrough," it's just beginning to beat the odds of protection for vaccinated people as the vaccine efficacy falls. True vaccine breakthrough might be possible in future variants, but it will be a nightmare of catastrophic proportions. Trust me, you'll know if it happens. What we're dealing with right now is a minor flood. Vaccine breakthrough will be a dam collapse by comparison.
So, I agree with DarkNoon. If you care about your fellow Americans, please get vaccinated (J&J recommended) and honor requests to wear masks indoors. You are not "defending your freedom" by refusing to wear a mask; you're being a selfish douchebag. And nobody likes selfish douchebags.