# Antivax Quacks Bump Vax Death Stats? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Quarantine Zone\ **Tags:** covid-quarantine\ **Created:** [October 21, 2021, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antivax-quacks-bump-vax-death-stats/952906 "2021-10-21T12:59:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Banksiaman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banksiaman/32/3334_2.png) [@Banksiaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banksiaman)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2021, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antivax-quacks-bump-vax-death-stats/952906/21 "2021-11-19T07:44:05Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > ETA: How does someone claim to have gotten sick from the Covid vax _years_ after getting the vax, when the vax has only been available for a year? Other vaccines are just as evil. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2021, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antivax-quacks-bump-vax-death-stats/952906/22 "2021-11-19T14:20:11Z")
Anti-vax precedes COVID. My cousins have been deeply committed anti-vaxxers for decades. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2021, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antivax-quacks-bump-vax-death-stats/952906/23 "2021-11-20T14:19:20Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > ETA: How does someone claim to have gotten sick from the Covid vax _years_ after getting the vax, when the vax has only been available for a year? My covid vaccination made me deathly ill in 2024. Fortunately, I recovered. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2021, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antivax-quacks-bump-vax-death-stats/952906/24 "2021-11-20T15:20:00Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > My guess: Guy is as gay as… a gay person. > … This was my immediate thought when I read the OP. Guy seems desperate to assert his manliness. I suppose that we should pity someone like this, as he’s a victim of social and religious mores, but it’s difficult to feel pity for someone who acts like this. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2021, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antivax-quacks-bump-vax-death-stats/952906/25 "2021-11-21T05:27:31Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > What I _haven’t_ seen (and maybe I’m just not paying enough attention?), is any discussion of how serious this heart inflammation thing? Is it some minor thing that you get over? Are we talking about life-threatening, or doing permanent damage? Here’s an article that discusses those questions. Sounds like with proper treatment, not a life-threatening / life-changing thing. As always, the risk has to be balanced against the known risks of Covid itself. > **[The truth about the COVID vaccine, myocarditis and kids - Today's Parent](https://www.todaysparent.com/kids/kids-health/covid-vaccine-myocarditis-and-kids/)** > > Experts say the risk of myocarditis post-vaccine is incredibly low for kids. But if you're still worried, here are five reassuring facts. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antivax-quacks-bump-vax-death-stats/952906.md?page=1)