Hate to break it to you, Neil, (A shot in the arm, May 13 Citizen) but you can still get COVID and/or be a carrier even with the vaccine.
The only reason I am being vaccinated against COVID that the majority of people recover from is because of peer pressure and knowing some friends (although for the most part, I do not care as they show no respect for my belief that this COVID thing has been overdone).
Mainly I did it for family members who stated they would feel uncomfortable to visit me or have me visit them unless I had the vaccine.
So I caved from peer pressure, something I told my kids never to do!
You will still have to wear your mask and still have to self-distance, too.
Don’t know when that will end, possibly just before another unknown virus erupts in our midst and madness starts again. I am not an anti-vaccine person and not a conspiracy nut but believe from all I have read from reliable sources such as Health Canada, Johns Hopkins, Mayo Clinic etc., that this entire war on COVID has been overdone.
I would have preferred to see our tax dollars spent on mental health facilities, addiction counselling and facilities, affordable rents for low-income people and families. We spent millions on COVID, yet have always been told by governments that there was not enough money for these. Their coffers depend on the wealthy and most of the wealthy do not want their taxes going to anything that they can afford on their own and obviously they are not interested in the majority of the population.
Sandy Hayes
Penticton
