# Vaccine refuser data thread **URL:** \ **Category:** The Quarantine Zone\ **Tags:** factual, covid-quarantine\ **Created:** [January 2, 2021, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vaccine-refuser-data-thread/929542 "2021-01-02T21:01:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 276
**Author:** ![Drsunflower1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drsunflower1/32/12711_2.png) [@Drsunflower1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drsunflower1)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2021, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vaccine-refuser-data-thread/929542/276 "2021-05-05T14:18:03Z")
> [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](#): > > But there’s a difference between getting the newest phone (affects only you) and responding to a world-wide pandemic (affects everyone). Those people sitting on the sidelines going “it’s too new - I’m going to wait and see what the side-effects are before I get a shot” are selfish. That’s really all that the ENTIRE anti-vax crowd are - “why should I put my kids up for some slight possible minor complications of a vaccine when I’m going to benefit from herd immunity because everyone else is vaccinated!” Yeah, selfish as hell. Side effects from the vaccines so far have been flu-like symptoms the next day. Serious effects are much less frequent than serious effects from COVID. Long term effects (several years down the road) of both the vaccine and the disease won’t be known for several years. If you’re eligible (and everyone is by now), then get the vaccine. It’s what’s good for society in general. This. I’ve been trying to explain this over and over again but it seems there’s a group of people simply not willing to put the greater good before their own gut feelings. Some people are extremely irked by the idea that there might be things more important than their individual choice. And that group includes doctors and nurses, who should really know better. Utterly frustrating. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vaccine-refuser-data-thread/929542)._