Cade Cunningham enters NBA Covid Protocols, Pistons sign Cheick Diallo

[NYPiston]

Most everyone has had it I know including myself with no vaccine and had mild to no symptoms. Just my personal experience with it but the vaccine is looking like garbage.

I like you as a poster but please educate yourself on vaccines before making statements like this. Most of the ICU units have been filled with unvaccinated individuals. Just because you and the people you know got lucky doesn't mean that others did. If a higher percentage of the population was double vaxxed and now boosted, we'd get out of this mess sooner but too many people believe that "the vaccine is garbage" so "normal" is being prolonged almost two years into this thing.

[MotownMadness]

Most everyone has had it I know including myself with no vaccine and had mild to no symptoms. Just my personal experience with it but the vaccine is looking like garbage.

I like you as a poster but please educate yourself on vaccines before making statements like this. Most of the ICU units have been filled with unvaccinated individuals. Just because you and the people you know got lucky doesn't mean that others did. If a higher percentage of the population was double vaxxed and now boosted, we'd get out of this mess sooner.

Just calling it like I'm seeing it, the vaccine isn't slowing anything down. I really don't care if you're vaccinated or not and I'm not advising people on what to do. Myself though I've had it already along with all 3 of my kids, my mom, my brother, sister, stepdad, wife, multiple friends. Nobody even had symptoms worse then a cold if at all.

Its been all through my area even my local Drs office to where I have to do my check ups over the phone. Just not personally seeing the crazy killer sickness like they make it sound at all.

And yes that's just my experience but at this point my experience is seeing it literally everywhere. And that's not even counting how many around here probably have it without knowing to get tested.

[NYPiston]

Just calling it like I'm seeing it, the vaccine isn't slowing anything down. I really don't care if you're vaccinated or not and I'm not advising people on what to do. Myself though I've had it already along with all 3 of my kids, my mom, my brother, sister, stepdad, wife, multiple friends. Nobody even had symptoms worse then a cold if at all.

Its been all through my area even my local Drs office to where I have to do my check ups over the phone. Just not personally seeing the crazy killer sickness like they make it sound at all.

And yes that's just my experience but at this point my experience is seeing it literally everywhere. And that's not even counting how many around here probably have it without knowing to get tested.

First of all, I'm glad that you and your family had minimal effects from this but to say that the vaccine is garbage is seriously misinformed. If it wasn't for the vaccines, many more people would have died, hospitals would have been overrun (especially with this more contagious variant) and we'd probably be on lockdown still or at least have more severe restrictions. The vaccines were a gamechanger that allowed us to live somewhat normally in the last calendar year or so.

I happen to be one of those "we need to learn with the virus and lets not live in fear" folks but I also recognize that the vaccines work and the more people that get vaccinated the sooner we can get back to complete normal. People can do whatever they want in terms of making the best choice for them and their family so if they don't want to take the vaccine that's their choice but make no mistake, they are a part of the reason why this thing is being prolonged.

Also, to reiterate, it's not about how many people get it. It's about reducing severe effects and preventing the health care system from getting compromised. The vaccines might not prevent the spread but they absolutely work in terms of preventing illness which was the whole reason for the lockdowns in the first place, the Covid patients filling up hospital beds which, since the vaccines were introduced, have been mainly unvaccinated folks.

[Snakebites]

Absolutely zero tolerance for matters concerning public health on these forums, particularly not when attempting to marginalize the severity of the pandemic.

All I'll do now is lock this thread. Feel free to open up another thread to discuss the impact of protocols ON THE TEAM OR LEAGUE IN GENERAL, but I will NOT tolerate discussions of the vaccines efficacy or the severity of COVID in general here, and further action will be taken if these conversations are continued elsewhere on the Piston forum.

Thank you.