Almost unbelievable, after mentioning to the vendor that I received a love letter, they reshipped, and the reship arrived within a week! This is quite obviously a Thanksgiving fluke. I hadn't expected to see anything for months, if at all, between the pandemic, thanksgiving and Xmas.
It certainly relieves anxiety to be well stocked, but the most important thing is still to mask up and keep your social distance. Vaccine development is proceeding apace, and vaccinations for the highest risk group are already starting to show up.
I know for some people, vaccines are an issue, particularly if your immune system is not normal, but for the rest of us, by the time it comes for our turn to be vaccinated, we will have had quite a lot of experience with it, not least due to its early use among first responders. I'm hoping this means that people will at least be able to make some kind of informed choice about the relative risks of being vaccinated vs. the risk of contracting covid and having a bad outcome.
On a personal note, I will be getting vaccinated when it's available. I am considered high-risk (senior, diabetic but not dependent on insulin).
It may have something to do with the fact that I grew up in the UK, where we were all routinely vaccinated as schoolchildren, and as a result, never had to worry about smallpox, polio, TB or a host of other things that used to kill or cripple children. Read here about the history of smallpox, and why we bother to vaccinate: hxxps://www.cdc.gov/smallpox/history/history.html.
While I don't trust the American system of healthcare to put people over profits, those countries with not-for-profit health systems such as the UK's NHS are vaccinating. They really don't do that if they believe for a moment that the treatment is going to be worse than the cure, since profit isn't the primary motivation.
Also, at the risk of offending some people, if you are willing to take the risk of ordering and consuming meds online from an overseas vendor, but find the idea of taking a government-produced vaccine onerous, you probably need to think a bit harder about your overall health strategy. Or emigrate. Just kidding...
May you all be well,
Benny
It certainly relieves anxiety to be well stocked, but the most important thing is still to mask up and keep your social distance. Vaccine development is proceeding apace, and vaccinations for the highest risk group are already starting to show up.
I know for some people, vaccines are an issue, particularly if your immune system is not normal, but for the rest of us, by the time it comes for our turn to be vaccinated, we will have had quite a lot of experience with it, not least due to its early use among first responders. I'm hoping this means that people will at least be able to make some kind of informed choice about the relative risks of being vaccinated vs. the risk of contracting covid and having a bad outcome.
On a personal note, I will be getting vaccinated when it's available. I am considered high-risk (senior, diabetic but not dependent on insulin).
It may have something to do with the fact that I grew up in the UK, where we were all routinely vaccinated as schoolchildren, and as a result, never had to worry about smallpox, polio, TB or a host of other things that used to kill or cripple children. Read here about the history of smallpox, and why we bother to vaccinate: hxxps://www.cdc.gov/smallpox/history/history.html.
While I don't trust the American system of healthcare to put people over profits, those countries with not-for-profit health systems such as the UK's NHS are vaccinating. They really don't do that if they believe for a moment that the treatment is going to be worse than the cure, since profit isn't the primary motivation.
Also, at the risk of offending some people, if you are willing to take the risk of ordering and consuming meds online from an overseas vendor, but find the idea of taking a government-produced vaccine onerous, you probably need to think a bit harder about your overall health strategy. Or emigrate. Just kidding...
May you all be well,
Benny