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ASK AMY: Vaccination questions raise privacy concerns
Author of the article:
Amy Dickinson • Special to Postmedia Network
Publishing date:
Feb 16, 2021 • 1 day ago • 3 minute read
A reader is annoyed by personal questions about getting the COVID-19 vaccine. Photo by file photo /Getty Images
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Dear Amy: I have always been very private regarding health and medical issues.
I don’t want to discuss with friends, family, or strangers whether I’ve had a flu shot, mammogram, colonoscopy, etc.
I find questions about these things extremely intrusive. I have always been able to dodge the questions and change the subject.
How do you suggest I respond to inquiries about whether or not I have had, or plan to get, the COVID-19 vaccine?
I’ve already found people to be extremely aggressive in demanding to know what a person’s plan is, even to the extreme of not wanting to associate with anyone who can’t satisfy their nosiness about whether they have had the shots.
I understand that this is a contagious disease, a global pandemic, and the nonstop media coverage increases the intensity of people’s reactions, but just the thought of having these pushy medical conversations makes my skin crawl.
Any thoughts?
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— Mum About Medical
Dear Mum: I share your aversion to discussing medical issues.
However, your colonoscopy or mammogram status has absolutely no bearing or impact on anyone else’s health. Your vaccination status might.
Mainly, the vaccination protects you from the more serious illness caused by COVID. But the vaccination also helps to protect others, because if you don’t contract COVID, you won’t be spreading it.
I can imagine how annoying it would be to face aggressive questioning and implied harsh judgment about your vaccination status, but other people do have the right to make their own choice regarding how much close contact they want to have with you.
Yes, without a doubt, nosy people will use the vaccination as an excuse to pry, but if you don’t want to have an extended medical conversation, then don’t.
They ask, “When are you getting vaccinated?”
You say, “I’m not sure.”
They ask, “Are you planning to be vaccinated?”
You say, “I haven’t decided.”
They say, “Well, if you haven’t been vaccinated or won’t reassure me about your plan, I won’t want to spend time with you.”
You respond: “Yes, I completely understand.”
Author of the article:
Amy Dickinson • Special to Postmedia Network
Publishing date:
Feb 16, 2021 • 1 day ago • 3 minute read
A reader is annoyed by personal questions about getting the COVID-19 vaccine. Photo by file photo /Getty Images
Article content
Dear Amy: I have always been very private regarding health and medical issues.
I don’t want to discuss with friends, family, or strangers whether I’ve had a flu shot, mammogram, colonoscopy, etc.
I find questions about these things extremely intrusive. I have always been able to dodge the questions and change the subject.
How do you suggest I respond to inquiries about whether or not I have had, or plan to get, the COVID-19 vaccine?
I’ve already found people to be extremely aggressive in demanding to know what a person’s plan is, even to the extreme of not wanting to associate with anyone who can’t satisfy their nosiness about whether they have had the shots.
I understand that this is a contagious disease, a global pandemic, and the nonstop media coverage increases the intensity of people’s reactions, but just the thought of having these pushy medical conversations makes my skin crawl.
Any thoughts?
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— Mum About Medical
Dear Mum: I share your aversion to discussing medical issues.
However, your colonoscopy or mammogram status has absolutely no bearing or impact on anyone else’s health. Your vaccination status might.
Mainly, the vaccination protects you from the more serious illness caused by COVID. But the vaccination also helps to protect others, because if you don’t contract COVID, you won’t be spreading it.
I can imagine how annoying it would be to face aggressive questioning and implied harsh judgment about your vaccination status, but other people do have the right to make their own choice regarding how much close contact they want to have with you.
Yes, without a doubt, nosy people will use the vaccination as an excuse to pry, but if you don’t want to have an extended medical conversation, then don’t.
They ask, “When are you getting vaccinated?”
You say, “I’m not sure.”
They ask, “Are you planning to be vaccinated?”
You say, “I haven’t decided.”
They say, “Well, if you haven’t been vaccinated or won’t reassure me about your plan, I won’t want to spend time with you.”
You respond: “Yes, I completely understand.”
You have totally lost it , what happened to the even keeled poster that first entered these forums . Remember when you were a moderate Trump supporter ?
I notice Serryah approves of the fakenews PCR test numbers...including the 96% that all died of ( NOT WITH) comorbidities.
That figures...innocent genocide deaths and Fakenews ALWAYS gets its approval!
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The Web of Players Trying to Silence Truth
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Gates Foundation Donations to WHO Nearly Match Those From U.S. Government
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"This will be seared in the memory of this generation," Gates told ABC News.Bill and Melinda Gates give another $70 million to COVID-19 vaccine development
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On Thursday, the billionaire Microsoft co-founder, 64, appeared during The Daily Show, discussing the pandemic with host Trevor Noah. During the conversation, Gates announced that the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation plans to help fund seven factories working on potential vaccines, even though they may not all pan out.
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to Donate $125 Million to Develop COVID-19 Vaccine: 'Every Month Counts'
The Microsoft billionaire said he wants to expedite the process for developing a vaccineBill Gates and the return on investment in vaccinations
CNBC’s Becky Quick sits down with Microsoft Co-Founder Bill Gates at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Gates made a $10B investment on vaccine development and distribution over the last 20 years.Bill Gates and the return on investment in vaccinations
CNBC's Becky Quick sits down with Microsoft Co-Founder Bill Gates at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Gates made a $10B investment on vaccine development and distribution over the last 20 years.Bill Gates Says These Global Health Investments Were the Best He’s Ever Made. Here’s Why
Pledging $10 billion dollars, by way of his charitable organization, to three global health organizations. That’s the best investment Bill Gates ever made, the Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist wrote in an essay published Wednesday in the Wall Street Journal.Bill Gates Says These Global Health Investments Were the Best He’s Ever Made. Here’s Why
Investing $10 billion has yielded about $200 billion in economic and social benefits, Gates says.fortune.com
from the wall street journal link:
Bill Gates: The Best Investment I’ve Ever Made
Global health groups that buy and distribute medicines are a sure bet for saving lives, but their government funding is now in danger, and even the biggest philanthropies can’t fill the gap
Bill Gates: The Best Investment I’ve Ever Made
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Of course it would be his best investment ever. Paid by governments with a clause that says the manufacturer is not liable for all the problems and deaths. Win win for the rich dude.Gates Foundation Donations to WHO Nearly Match Those From U.S. Government
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP announced Friday afternoon that the United States would be "terminating" the country's relationship with the World Health Organization and redirecting funding elsewhere. If such a halt on U.S. funding to the WHO becomes permanent, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation would become the top donor to the international agency, above any government in the world.
https://www.usnews.com/news/article...-to-who-nearly-match-those-from-us-government
Bill and Melinda Gates-backed coronavirus vaccine maker soars in Wall Street debut
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The race for a successful coronavirus vaccine is heating up in labs around the world — and on Wall Street. Germany's CureVac, a biotech with the backing of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, more than tripled in its first day of trading Friday.
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation announces $250 million COVID vaccine commitment
"This will be seared in the memory of this generation," Gates told ABC News.
Bill and Melinda Gates give another $70 million to COVID-19 vaccine development
Bill and Melinda Gates give another $70 million to COVID-19 vaccine development
Philanthropists Bill and Melinda Gates will give another $70 million to the development and eventual distribution of a COVID-19 vaccine, their foundation announced on Thursday.
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to Donate $125 Million to Develop COVID-19 Vaccine: 'Every Month Counts'
Bill Gates and wife Melinda Gates are investing in the race for a cure to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.
On Thursday, the billionaire Microsoft co-founder, 64, appeared during The Daily Show, discussing the pandemic with host Trevor Noah. During the conversation, Gates announced that the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation plans to help fund seven factories working on potential vaccines, even though they may not all pan out.
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to Donate $125 Million to Develop COVID-19 Vaccine: 'Every Month Counts'
The Microsoft billionaire said he wants to expedite the process for developing a vaccine
Bill Gates and the return on investment in vaccinations
CNBC’s Becky Quick sits down with Microsoft Co-Founder Bill Gates at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Gates made a $10B investment on vaccine development and distribution over the last 20 years.
Bill Gates and the return on investment in vaccinations
CNBC's Becky Quick sits down with Microsoft Co-Founder Bill Gates at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Gates made a $10B investment on vaccine development and distribution over the last 20 years.
Bill Gates Says These Global Health Investments Were the Best He’s Ever Made. Here’s Why
Pledging $10 billion dollars, by way of his charitable organization, to three global health organizations. That’s the best investment Bill Gates ever made, the Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist wrote in an essay published Wednesday in the Wall Street Journal.
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Investing $10 billion has yielded about $200 billion in economic and social benefits, Gates says.
fortune.com
from the wall street journal link:
Bill Gates: The Best Investment I’ve Ever Made
Global health groups that buy and distribute medicines are a sure bet for saving lives, but their government funding is now in danger, and even the biggest philanthropies can’t fill the gap
Bill Gates: The Best Investment I’ve Ever Made
Global-health groups that buy and distribute medicines are a sure bet for saving lives, but their government funding is now in danger, and even the biggest philanthropies can’t fill
Coronavirus vaccine makers are shielded from liability. Here’s why officials say that’s normal
The government has confirmed that coronavirus vaccine manufacturers are protected from liability when it comes to issues with their doses — but the feds say this is par-for-the-course and has no bearing on vaccine safety.
“Let’s be clear that indemnification clauses in vaccine contracts are standard,” Procurement Minister Anita Anand told reporters, speaking at a Monday press conference in Ottawa.
Coronavirus vaccine makers are shielded from liability. Here’s why officials say that’s normal
While the government has confirmed that vaccine manufacturers are indemnified against adverse reactions to their doses, the feds say this is normal — and the vaccines are safe.
globalnews.ca
true enough. He would have eventually died of old age anyway.
