@taylan I was studying on an NHS course at the time and they made us take it. If we refused it, we were kicked off the course and could not graduate. We also needed to have COVID passes in order to be on the right side of the two-tier society that was created as a result of lockdowns.

The shots were free at point of delivery, but Pfizer et al. were charging increasingly exorbitant prices to governments (i.e. taxpayers) around the world in order to buy millions of shots at a time, mostly for people who didn't need it. We also sent millions of shots to Africa but, because they didn't have the infrastructure to use them effectively, most of them expired.

Don't get me wrong. At the time, I was concerned about long COVID. After the first two shots I was happy to stop, but because I had a vulnerable family member who was pressuring me to wear masks and do the usual, I took a third and got a headache from it. I then proceeded to get the real deal and outright refused to take shots, even when pressured by other family members.

What annoys me the most is people like you gaslighting and revising what actually happened five years ago. I may regret taking these shots based on what I now know, but I will not tolerate people who explain historical events in a way that didn't happen and pass it off as reality. I was at an especially vulnerable moment in my life back then. That's how I can remember it so vividly.

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