VACCINE BOOSTER ADVOCATES

How I’ve Responded to Them

Since I survived COVID in the spring of 2020, more than three years ago, I have gone to physicians who tested me for antibodies, which Anthony Fauci, in between his pharm advocacies, sometimes says offers better immunity than any vaccines. Tested positively for antibodies in June 2020, I was tested again in September 2022. I carry a copy of the latter certification, though no one asks to see it.

   I at first refused any vaccines until hearing Dr. Jay Battacharya, whom I trust more than Fauci, recommending it over the radio. I chose the J&J in the spring of 2021, more than one year after my episode, mostly because it offered one shot, rather than two. Though in my 80s, I’ve not since suffered any illness more serious than sniffles.

   Meanwhile I’ve been bombarded by demands that I take “a booster,” which I have feared because I know the difference between a drug that receives full authorization from a federal government agency and one dubbed with “emergency authorization,” usually for some political expediency. For this reason alone, I feared additional drugs. Long ago I learned that negative reactions to under-tested pharmaceuticals may not become immediately apparent. Radical about most new technologies, I appear to be conservative here.

   Nonetheless, friends have urged Boosters on me, some adding that they would cost me nothing. To each booster enthusiast claiming it’s free of risk, I offered this wager. Put ten grand in escrow for three years (so it can earn interest) to guarantee no negative effects that might be costly to me. Meanwhile I’ll put away $100 for no reactions within that period. This I would gladly volunteer if I survived a booster unscathed. No one has taken up my offer. Never dispute the judgment of people who don’t want to make an easy hundred bucks.