Responding to “Unvaxxed treated unfairly,” by Mark Swensen (Our Readers Views, Oct. 24): Haven’t the majority of Americans been vaccinated against smallpox, polio, chicken pox, influenza, measles, mumps, rubella, tetanus, diphtheria, meningococcal, pneumococcal, etc? Most of these shots are one-time, but many require boosters.
If employed in the medical field, you receive more vaccinations. If you served in the military, you received many more vaccinations. Why? To protect the masses from infections and illness that kill human beings.
The COVID-19 vaccine is based off of all these vaccinations that have proven to be effective and safe in controlling outbreaks of serious illnesses for the past 70 to 80 years. So, now comes the choice: Should I get vaccinated or not?
The choice for me is easy. To protect my family, friends, strangers and a strained health care system, I chose vaccination and a booster, because antibodies wane with time. Sometimes we must sacrifice for the good of the whole and being vaccinated is a small sacrifice.
