Bro, it is definitely real and it’s a roll of the dice as to how sick you get. I’ve seen old people with comorbidities come out unscathed and I’ve seen perfectly healthy people end up in the hospital. I watched my neighbor down the street ride off in an ambulance one night back in December not knowing if he was coming back. He made it, but he could barely do anything for the next few months.

The three that I know that died were older and all had some other things either going on or had gone on.

I personally saw last week that the vaccines work and work well. My wife’s family had a reunion/vacation. All except maybe one or two of the younger ones were vaccinated. One of them ended up at the ER for an unrelated issue and tested positive. From that, two more tested positive. All three were over 75. Three people out of 16 that lived in the same house and ate group meals together. None of the younger people even tested positive. So far the worst symptoms are colds and two are already better. The third seems to be improving too. All three would likely be hospitalized or dead before the vaccines.

So I get waiting and being wary of the side effects because I’ve been on that same page. But they do work and I’m getting vaccinated.