re: #137 No Malarkey!

Good idea. You are on a device, so there is no reason you can’t make an appointment right now. Sorry if I sound bossy, but one of my coworkers died of Covid because she wasn’t vaccinated, and I feel a bit guilty that I didn’t try harder to convince her to do so.

well, i am vaxxed, so probably it won’t kill me. And I know it seems like a simple thing to persuade yourself about the booster, but the plusses and minuses aren’t really that simple in a practical sense. If it were “get the booster and you have a 95% of being able to walk around maskless while you suck in omicron from the maskless rednecks in walmart, and the process is completely hassle-free,” then of course I’d get the booster in the next ten minutes down at my local pharmacy. But at the moment, it’s “get the booster and you get some additional protection against omicron, but yes, you still may very well get the virus, and get sick as a dog for a week, but just not hospital-level sick, mostly. And to achieve that state, you just have to look forward to likely experiencing the same rotten symptoms you felt after you got the inarguably life-saving second dose of the vaccine.” Yes, I’ll get myself to do it, but it’s very, very easy to keep putting it off.