![]() ![]() It looks like we only have two options today: To survive by giving our bodies the ability to fight the virus, or to face the possibility of serious infection and death. The journal Scientific American say, “what we’ve seen with most of the current vaccines is less severe symptoms and almost no hospitalizations and deaths in vaccinated people who become infected.” They all guarantee certain things in common: The reduced possibility that one would suffer from serious infection and, the reduced possibility that one would die from it. No vaccine brand today promises a solid, impenetrable armor against infection from the virus. No vaccine brand today guarantees that a person will not be infected by the COVID-19 virus. They all have so-called “side effects.” Certain brands may work better with certain age groups and with segments of the population that have so-called co-morbidities. They have all been subjected to the same process of scientific scrutiny. The American brands are not superior to other vaccine brands available today and which were made outside of what people used to think was the “Land of Milk and Honey.” Their only “advantage” is that they are the brands that have made it into the arms of people living in the US of A.Īccording to health agencies and organizations, as well as to the science community, all the available vaccine brands have their plusses and minuses. The obsession with the American brand seems to have been based solely on what others would call the traces of our age-old fascination with everything and anything that comes from the Land of Uncle Sam. It appears these are not the basis of the selection made by the “choosy” class. Good choices are made after weighing pros and cons, merits and demerits, advantages and disadvantages. ![]() When the options are rather limited, one cannot be picky – especially of the choice that one needs to make involves not only his interest but also the health and well-being of others.Ĭurrent circumstance may have made being “choosy” less of a virtue – particularly when it comes to the choice of a vaccine against the COVID-19 virus. “Choosiness” is a virtue that thrives on the luxury of having a number of options. Sometimes, we want our children to be somewhat “choosy.” We remind our daughters to be extra careful and to adopt stringent standards when choosing friends and a possible life-time partner.īeing “choosy” relies on one very important assumption: That there are a lot to choose from. The dictionary meaning goes like this: “Taking excessive care when making a choice.”Īnother dictionary defines it as “having definite ideas about what you like.” After all, “choosy” means being very careful with the choices that one makes. We do not think being “choosy” is bad at all. They are said to constitute the new “choosy” breed. The say they will allow themselves to be vaccinated only with the brands that are being used to vaccinate the population of the United States of America. More recently, the word is being used to describe people who refuse to be vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus because they do not like the vaccine brand that is currently available. Because the standards are rather high, they usually end up without that special someone. It is being used to describe people who impose standards that are difficult to meet on those who want to be their special someone. The word “choosy” seems to have acquired a negative meaning these days.
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