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We are not highly vaccinated here...and almost no one is getting it nor have been from the start. Almost no one wears masks (and have not from the start). Mostly people passing through on their way to somewhere. As few old, dying people reportedly caught it (no test) in a nursing home last year and passed...but most were already diagnosed with life-ending illnesses and all had many comorbidities. The facility just got an extra $36K for saying their deaths were due to COVID.

It seems odd that the facts on the ground are so different in different area. I have had a few younger relatives catch it in another state...but it was not even as bad as a cold. No one I know there has died from it either. One elderly friend was contacted and told they had it (as was everyone they had been in contact with)...but they had not ever been tested and did not get sick. I am not sure what argument one could make to a healthy teen or 20-something to induce then to be vaccinated when we do not know if there are any long-term effects of the vaccine. If any citizen that chooses can be vaccinated for free and be protected, why would anyone want to force others to take the vaccine that do not want to?

No question that the vaccine is a brilliant bit of work by the previous administration...but that doesn't necessarily mean it should be required for everyone.