Dem Rep. Dingell: I Was Scared to Death to Get the Covid Vaccine, But I Got It Because It Was Saving Lives

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DINGELL: "I talked to the governor. And I think that you are looking at a number of states that are doing that. But, you know, one of the problems is viruses, germs don‘t know the difference between one state and another. And so, as we‘ve seen in measles, you get a case of measles, people had begun to build up immunity to some of these diseases. And then yet, when it comes into a community, even if some have been vaccinated, others are vulnerable. So we‘ve got to make sure we are trying to — what are we going to do in this flu season? What kind of flu season are we going to have? People aren‘t even sure what kind of flu shots are safe. And look, I‘m somebody that understands negative consequences. I got Guillain-Barré from swine flu shot many years ago. I educate myself, I‘m very careful. I was scared to death to get the Covid vaccine, but I got it because it was saving lives. We need educated consumers, but we cannot throw this all out. We don‘t remember what it was like 100 years ago and the mass people that were dying because of some of these diseases."