...why?
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Because the guy in charge is thick as fuck.
Because those are the Boomers who reliably vote and tend to vote republican.
We need to thin their numbers so that we can get back to making progress.
There isn't a lot of difference between age groups and Trump support. Some, but not a lot.
Women aged 45-65 (mostly GenX) stick out as being more pro Trump than other women. Men are about the same across age groups.
Which part are you asking about? Why approve it? Why the restrictions? Why did it take so long? Why bother making yet another vaccine?
For the science geeks, this is the vaccine and the technology it uses: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novavax_COVID-19_vaccine
I got COVID for the third time a couple weeks ago. It was my worst COVID yet, which was not as bad as my worst flu.
I had covid for the first time this winter and it took three months to fully recover. I experienced every possible symptom, including having such a high fever the first night that I slept under four wool blankets with multiple layers of thick sweaters and other clothing and the thermostat at 85°F / 30°C. I was still so cold I was shaking.
The next day I spent about six hours sitting upright with my eyes closed and just focused on physically inhaling and exhaling air into and out of my lungs so I wouldn't suffocate. Six hours.
I have high pain tolerance, since pain killers of any kind don't work well on me for genetic reasons, but over the next days and weeks I pulled the muscles in my torso so badly from violent coughing that I would involuntarily cry out when getting up or lying down. They gave me an x-ray to confirm I didn't crack any ribs. It took months for the cough to go away and my muscles to heal completely.
I'm regularly vaccinated against both covid and flu, but I got sick before the two-week period for immune system ramp-up was done. I'm sure it would have been even worse without the shot.
I'm physically fit and in my early 40s. I run and lift weights. I wasn't sure if I would survive those first two days.
I've had Covid twice. The second one wasn't bad because of the vaccine, but my lungs are still damaged five years later from my first bout with it—which wasn't even particularly serious (never hospitalized or anything). I lost a bit of lung capacity and ever since I have had an awful barky cough and any chest congestion takes me weeks to clear.
It's a massive spectrum of severity.
I feel that. I got COVID (confirmed) back in august and while it screwed up my stomach for 3 weeks my respiratory was fine.
Forgot to vaxx for flu and got it in November, very literally couldn’t breathe properly for 8 weeks.
Got a lot of gray hair from COVID though.
ETA: I did get COVID vaccine when it first came out, and am pro-vax/pro-mask. Just sharing anecdotal experience.