Peter Lederman in Second Bout With COVID-19

Nice jab, ghasley with the, "for better or worse." And likewise. If you want to take the vaccine then take it. But don’t fault me for not taking it.

What happens with the delta variant? Or the lambda variant? Or the epsilon variant now? If the original coronavirus shot won’t be effective towards these variants, then what is everyone going to do? Is everyone just going to get some sort of booster or an altogether new vaccine every 6 months? Every 12 months? Are people going turn into walking Petri dishes?

When does it end?

Here’s a thought...please enlighten me if I’m wrong which this crowd would take much enjoyment from, but...

Are the variants happening because of the vaccine? Because people are vaccinated, is the virus mutating and turning into a variant because of the vaccinated people? Would it not have been better if no one ever got vaccinated and we just let herd immunity kick in?

I know I’m not liked amongst the readers of this thread and I’m fine with that. But I have major reservations about this supposed vaccine and, as I’ve said before, I believe that our reaction to this was worse than the problem itself.

Hello.....The two mRNA vaccines and the adenovirus-vectored vaccines are all more or less effective against all the variants so far, including the delta variant. This information is all over the news and even on Youtube. Try again. Furthermore, it is a simple matter for the two RNA vaccines to be re-derived so as to cope with any variant down the road that may prove resistant to the antibodies induced by the present formulae. As far as I am concerned, you are not disliked. You are misinformed and very verbal about your bad information. You are salvageable, my son. At least as far as your COVID beliefs are concerned.


One school of thought is that the variants recur because of the large numbers of people who are NOT vaccinated. The vaccines seem to prevent any significant virus replication in persons who have been vaccinated. This is actually an unusually good result, as vaccines go. If the virus cannot replicate, it cannot mutate. There is another reason for you to get vaccinated, if there is a soupcon of altruism in your bones.

Johnny, So far as I know, Peter is out of the hospital weeks ago and back to work.  He seems to be doing fine.  The vaccine thing has a life of its own.  I am sorry for the trend, but I hate to let ignorance have its way when I see it right in front of me here.

Two things:

1) It seems people comment to change the subject to Peter every time I list my thoughts but when other people list theirs, apparently okay to keep going.

2) So apparently Peter is out of the hospital. That's fantastic news! So happy that Peter is back on his feet and doing well. Congratulations Peter.

So that's twice that you have went toe to toe with covid and kicked its ass. Congratulations!

@devilboy I dislike no man although I recognize that my occasional sarcasm doesn't translate well. Apologies.