My best friend is a Republican
Yes, my best friend and his wife (John and Christy) are Republicans...... She was the first person to get the vaccines (Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine). My wife and I got them a few weeks after. John got them soon after us. Now we are all fully vaccinated.
We live in a politically conservative area in Alabama. 90% of our conservative neighbors are vaccinated already. My wife is medically trained, Christy is a manager at a Clinic, John woks for Walmart and I am retired.
I believe and trust in the science behind the research, development, production, and deployment of the vaccine. All of us had our unique doubts about the final produce. Of all my friends vaccinated only one had noticeable effects apart from the sore spot where it was injected; a little fever, chills, feeling like crap, all lasted about a day and then it went away.
I also heard a conversation between Christy and her son about the vaccine. She told him: "As soon as the vaccines are available for you, get it. I don't want you getting people sick because you were too lazy."
Just felt like sharing this little bit of news from the Great State of Alabama.
R.
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Mississippi and Alabama have been among the worst for vaccination percentages according to the CDC and others.
Johns Hopkins (MS and AL at the bottom):
https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/vaccines/us-states
CovidActNow (MS, LA and AL at the bottom):
https://covidactnow.org/?s=1812730
There's political/social "bubbles" everywhere in this country, so you might be really fortunate in your area.
