How do you know it wasn't from a vaxxed ahole? I hear they're the worst at spreading it.
You're right this is uncharacteristically like me to say something like that, and also I don't know how I contracted it so it was uncalled for but so were many of the comments that followed my post.
I will say I didn't get sick or feel ill when I got the J&J vaccine and this breakthrough bout of Covid I was hit with only lasted a total of 4 days with very mild symptoms, mostly tiredness and a loss of taste. Can I attribute this to my vaccination status, I cant say for sure, but it is unusual to clear the virus so quickly (verified by PCR test) and findings thus far are continuing to trend towards quicker recovery outcomes as a hallmark of the vaccinated.
To others who have posted and commented, It is a fact that this is and always has been primarily circulating among the unvaccinated (when Covid started there was no vaccine or treatments), regardless of your stance on the vaccine, this is not the flu and to try and compare it to the flu is like comparing apples and cows.
I do not portend to change anyone's mindset on the subject of getting vaccinated or not, I know people will do what they feel is right and aligns with their values and beliefs.
Personally I have many of the same reservations as many of you, but I have a young family that cant make these choices so I have to make choices for myself that hopefully can mitigate this for them. In that vein of thinking in order to protect my family like my father before me who told me at a low point in my life "son I would do ANYTHING for you boy, you are the precious sum of the family that came before you, I would lay down and die for you in a heart beat".
I have personally known 12 people to have died from Covid since the pandemic started (only 2 were elderly, one was 22, the rest were in the 25 to 50 year old range with the majority in their mid to late 30s). I have known many more that have received a positive PCR test that got substantially to moderately sick as a result. All of these people with the exception of myself and 1 other were all unvaccinated, take from this what you will.
I can tell you that hospitals are not setup or incentivized physically to treat and reduce the length of stay for Covid patients. Hence you hear about attribution to make everything Covid related once you enter the hospital setting. I have 10 relatives who are doctors, nurses, and first responders that work in and interface with these environments' everyday so I have have direct and candid conversations with health professionals across the board with different perspectives on the workings of the hospital and health care systems. Therefore I have had, and continue to have ongoing conversations with them about this as the situations evolves.
So you know a bit about me and my own personal decision from above. I am an engineer by trade and I do a lot of independent research, critical thinking, and evaluation of information for living, I am trained to do this and I strive to take bias and emotion out of the picture when evaluating materials.
So please don't just parrot info, digest it, analyze it, tear it apart for bias, and then incorporate it with your own personal risk factors and motivations and act accordingly.
If this post has clarified and or helped anyone understand MY decisions then it was worth it.