Why I Don’t Need A Covid Vaccine

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antibodies are still up”. And for some time that was the end of the conversation.But then more and more people got scared. Everyone wanted the nightmare to end, and governments, the WHO the media experts — those who weeks before were “expertising” about outlandish bat-soup recipes — and even your aunt, were assuring us that “only the vaccine would put an end to wearing the masks and shower yourself three times a day with bleach.” When people are scared, they make bad decisions. We all got really scared four years ago. And we still are.Meanwhile, I continued to go to my sample testing every three months. And my Covid antibody count is still pretty high. But the funny thing is that everyone who knows my decision to refuse a COVID-19 vaccine thinks I am an anti-vaxxer. But I’m not. I may be wrong, but I think I’ve got science with me. I’ve got something that most of the pro-vaxxers don’t: I have a blood test every three months, that shows clearly my immunization level.I won’t go into discussing the pros and cons of all the vaccines, or the associated problems that are showing up on long-covid patients — as for me because the truth is I still have issues with my smell sense, get tired pretty easily, and have muscular pain — and got vaccinated. I will just stress immunization and antibodies because every medical specialist and epidemiologist at my workplace talks about the importance of getting a high antibody count. It’s assumed the vaccine shows its effects after one or two weeks — at least that was when I still cared about reading the prospects —. There is a small percentage of people who don’t develop antibodies. Most importantly: there is no blood test to verify the immunization levels for the mass population.So, while almost nobody knows if and to what level they are immunized, I can tell you right now my numbers. And it will be soon updated, as I got to go again for my test in two weeks. But still, people call me an anti-vaxxer, and some even wish I get infected again. So I started to avoid all vaccine-related conversations.<p id="f

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f51">Again, I won’t get into the real anti-vaxxer nonsensical reasons of chips, 5G, mind-reading, or phone-charging abilities you get with your shot. It’s not the point. Vaccines are good. They are what made us (almost) forget about measles and smallpox — if you have kids, please vaccinate them —. But covid is not smallpox.The point here is that people are still scared, and making scare-based decisions is not a good strategy. And you can not force people to take a shot, not with a bullet, not with a syringe. Not in a democracy, and not in the name of the greater common good. The greater common good is a thing from fascist states. Period.So while most of the world clings to scientific evidence to force everyone else to their views, I must resist, with scientific evidence in my hand which you probably won’t have, and ask again: if the goal is to have a good immune system and antibody count, why in hell should I get a vaccine, when I know for real my antibody count, and it’s probably higher than yours? Why shall I risk my health again when there is proof that early infected patients getting their vaccines may result in complications, for you to have peace of mind?Those are not-so-much rhetoric questions, but please don’t answer if you will just dump your fear on me.<a href="https://arfues.medium.com/">A. Hillel Fuentes</a> lives and works in Barcelona. He understands, speaks, and writes in Catalan, Spanish, English, Portuguese, French, Italian, and a little Hebrew.He likes to write in order to communicate, without clickbait, affiliate/sales/review links. He says “Let’s get in touch and regain the Internet as a place of sharing and debating ideas with our fellow human beings”.If you want to support him, consider waving a hand, following him here on Medium, subscribe to receive all of his articles by email (he promises not to use that email to sell anything), or, if you fancy <a href="https://arfues.medium.com/membership">you can use this link to join Medium</a>.</article></body>

And why this doesn’t make me an anti-vaxxer

I work at the NHS equivalent in my country. At the first line of assistance. Literally. I am the guy who you first met when you get in at the medical center. Maybe because of that, I got the infamous COVID on those first days of March 2020.

After one week of working 12-hour shifts, eating badly, and sleeping poorly, I started to feel ill on a Friday. I went home, spent the whole weekend in bed, and next Monday first thing, I went again to the doctor as a patient. I tested positive for COVID-19 on the 21st of March, 2020.

Then I spent a month at home on medical leave. Two times I almost was sent to the hospital. Believe me, when your doctor says, “We’ll x-ray you, pack some clothes, and bring the phone charger, just in case of…” just when the news was all hospitals were full of critical patients, your head spins a bit. Fortunately, my lungs were clean, and I went home.

I also got lucky because of a medical research study. We, the “COVID early adopters” at work, were to get periodic blood tests to determine immunization levels, how much the antibodies lasted, and “all those funny benefits other people get”. It started around May 2020, and I got a nice antibody count. It was so nice, that when the first vaccine news came, my doctor co-workers joked about me being a “two-legged vaccine.” I even gave blood and antibodies-plasm for the first time in my life.

Then came the first vaccine. Then the second, third, and whatever. Governments and people started to get scared and scared. “Why aren’t you getting your shot?” they asked. And then I told them “I just got my test results, and my antibodies are still up”. And for some time that was the end of the conversation.

But then more and more people got scared. Everyone wanted the nightmare to end, and governments, the WHO the media experts — those who weeks before were “expertising” about outlandish bat-soup recipes — and even your aunt, were assuring us that “only the vaccine would put an end to wearing the masks and shower yourself three times a day with bleach.” When people are scared, they make bad decisions. We all got really scared four years ago. And we still are.

Meanwhile, I continued to go to my sample testing every three months. And my Covid antibody count is still pretty high. But the funny thing is that everyone who knows my decision to refuse a COVID-19 vaccine thinks I am an anti-vaxxer. But I’m not. I may be wrong, but I think I’ve got science with me. I’ve got something that most of the pro-vaxxers don’t: I have a blood test every three months, that shows clearly my immunization level.

I won’t go into discussing the pros and cons of all the vaccines, or the associated problems that are showing up on long-covid patients — as for me because the truth is I still have issues with my smell sense, get tired pretty easily, and have muscular pain — and got vaccinated. I will just stress immunization and antibodies because every medical specialist and epidemiologist at my workplace talks about the importance of getting a high antibody count. It’s assumed the vaccine shows its effects after one or two weeks — at least that was when I still cared about reading the prospects —. There is a small percentage of people who don’t develop antibodies. Most importantly: there is no blood test to verify the immunization levels for the mass population.

So, while almost nobody knows if and to what level they are immunized, I can tell you right now my numbers. And it will be soon updated, as I got to go again for my test in two weeks. But still, people call me an anti-vaxxer, and some even wish I get infected again. So I started to avoid all vaccine-related conversations.

Again, I won’t get into the real anti-vaxxer nonsensical reasons of chips, 5G, mind-reading, or phone-charging abilities you get with your shot. It’s not the point. Vaccines are good. They are what made us (almost) forget about measles and smallpox — if you have kids, please vaccinate them —. But covid is not smallpox.

The point here is that people are still scared, and making scare-based decisions is not a good strategy. And you can not force people to take a shot, not with a bullet, not with a syringe. Not in a democracy, and not in the name of the greater common good. The greater common good is a thing from fascist states. Period.

So while most of the world clings to scientific evidence to force everyone else to their views, I must resist, with scientific evidence in my hand which you probably won’t have, and ask again: if the goal is to have a good immune system and antibody count, why in hell should I get a vaccine, when I know for real my antibody count, and it’s probably higher than yours? Why shall I risk my health again when there is proof that early infected patients getting their vaccines may result in complications, for you to have peace of mind?

Those are not-so-much rhetoric questions, but please don’t answer if you will just dump your fear on me.

A. Hillel Fuentes lives and works in Barcelona. He understands, speaks, and writes in Catalan, Spanish, English, Portuguese, French, Italian, and a little Hebrew.

He likes to write in order to communicate, without clickbait, affiliate/sales/review links. He says “Let’s get in touch and regain the Internet as a place of sharing and debating ideas with our fellow human beings”.

If you want to support him, consider waving a hand, following him here on Medium, subscribe to receive all of his articles by email (he promises not to use that email to sell anything), or, if you fancy you can use this link to join Medium.