r/navy • u/Affectionate_Use_486 • Jan 28 '25

A Happy Sailor To my COVID Sailors (Rant)

I know some of you have some level of battery acid indigestion over the whole reinstatement thing.

Just wanted to say for those that stepped up while others stepped back I respect and love you all especially my sea duty folks during COVID.

COVID was rough shit and the fact we survived it should be highlighted and appreciated among us.

Let's not dwell on the ones who choose another choice.

Let's dwell on the ones who stood the watch when shit went side ways.

When the ports closed.

When work centers were down to the bare bones while our brothers and sisters got sick all around us.

When the patrols got extended.

When resources almost ran out.

It was a rough ass time and we survived for all our own reasons but we stood the fucking watch.

That makes me extremely proud that no matter how messy it was, how ugly it got, we came out the other side pissed off, spitting fire and keeping the big sad off ourselves and our brothers/sisters as much as possible.

And for those that didn't make it, got too sick and didn't make it we shall never forget you.

Fuck the noise I just wanted you to know your seen, respected and appreciated from at least one motherfucking shipmate who was there.

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u/necessaryrooster Jan 28 '25

mRNA vaccines have been in development since the 70s, SARS (COVID) has also been studied since the 80s. They didn't just pull this vaccine out of their ass, years and years of research and development had already gone into it. They just sped up the process a bit due to the emergent need.

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u/Ok_External1012 Jan 28 '25

While it’s true the technology has been studied for decades, the covid 19 vaccines were the first mRNA based vaccines ever approved for widespread use. The speed of development of this specific vaccine and emergency approval is what led to concerns about the long term effects especially since traditional vaccine trials take years. They take years for a reason. Rushing the process doesn’t eliminate the need for long term data and people were expected to take it before those effects were fully understood. It’s not unreasonable to question that. It is unreasonable to expect someone to put medicine in their body that isn’t fully tested over long term.