Get vaccinated for the rest of us, if not for yourself

 Julian Kadish, an emergency medicine physician who has served on the Norton Conservation Commission for about 40 years, wrote this guest column for The Sun Chronicle of Attleboro, MA on Thursday, Sept. 23.
His column is yet another plea for the millions of unvaccinated Americans to do the right thing and get vaccinated for the sake of everyone else, if not for themselves.
He writes:
"From my perspective, the decision to not be immunized against COVID-19 is equivalent to driving into the intersection when the light is red. Most of the time you will make it. But the times you don’t make it, it’s bad for you, and worse, it’s bad for other people.
"Not getting immunized against COVID-19 is definitely bad for you but it is also bad for the whole community because it stresses our medical community treating all those people who get seriously ill, it prevents people with normal medical problems from getting access to health care because of the overload of hospitals caused by those with the virus, and it prevents our businesses from opening back up again.
"To those of you who feel that there is no need become vaccinated against COVID-19, I ask that you reconsider that decision.
"I ask that you consider that you may be mistaken about the urgency of this issue not just for you but for the whole country.
"The emergency department where I worked for so many years is now overwhelmed by heavy patient load, greater than before, and it is hobbled by being unable to hire enough nursing staff because there are just not enough nurses available to meet the medical need, both locally and nationally.
"Getting immunized now is not a decision restricted only to your personal choice but it is, in fact, a patriotic issue. COVID-19 is equivalent to a war but the dead and wounded are not soldiers. Instead, they are neighbors and family members across the country. Our businesses are being damaged every day.
"Thanks to science and the political will to win, there is a way to victory in this war. Please get vaccinated."

Read his entire column at the following link --- and for the sake of all of us, GET VACCINATED NOW If YOU ARE STILL FOOLISHLY HOLDING OUT. 
Getting vaccinated is NOT a political issue; it's a health issue, and believe me, COVID-19 kills unvaccinated people of all political beliefs equally!

THE LINK:
https://www.thesunchronicle.com/opinion/columns/guest-column-the-mistakes-we-make/article_d7ae098c-fc9b-5c3d-9f62-4b18c3ad1b2c.html

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