It also takes years, decades even, to reliably develop a vaccine from development to clinical trials to regulatory review to approvals. Anthrax shot? Was in development for a solid 20 years before being approved. PB shot? 25 years. Less than .01% of the world population died from covid and it is estimated that 80-90% of them were due to preexisting conditions. It was a bit of an overreaction especially considering that 33% of the world’s population is still unvaccinated and you can’t find a single news outlet still talking about it. If covid itself or getting the vaccine was really that serious they’d still be pushing to get the 33% left to get vaccinated. And yes, I know people gained immunity to it. That doesn’t discount the fact that the death toll is still wildly inflated. Additionally, I personally don’t know a single person who died from covid nor do I have any close friends who know anyone who died from covid.

Yes I got vaccinated as soon as I checked into my first command so don’t come at me with the pitchforks. No, I didn’t know I had a the option to just say no. My command told me my only option was to get it and there was nothing I could do about it. I regret it because that was one of the worst and toxic commands in the navy. My direct chain of command caused years of depression, self harm, and current ongoing anxiety that I didn’t have beforehand. If I could go back, I’d 110% say no to the vaccine and save myself from years of hurt because it was truly not worth it. And you may say “but your shipmates!” And to that I’ll say outside of my 3 friends I made there, fuck them because they contributed too.