Guest Post from NDs For Vaccines: The COVID Choice

This post is shared with permission from the blog, “NDs for Vaccines,” which is a group of naturopathic doctors discussing health, medicine, and vaccines. It was written by Maxwell Cohen, ND (who also volunteers for Boost Oregon as a medical educator and member of our Medical Advisory Board) and Alan Christianson, NMD.

The COVID Choice

Recent surveys have shed light on attitudes in the United States toward COVID-19 vaccines. American adults were asked by pollsters if they will take a vaccine as soon as possible.

The responses vary by age, ethnicity, and gender. However, roughly half said yes, 1/4 said no, and 1/4 are not sure. [1]

In this article we will lay out the risks and benefits to the various choices for those who are in the undecided camp. 

If your mind is already made up

If you have already decided against the COVID vaccine this paper is not meant to change your mind. 

You have every right to be skeptical. Our government institutions and leaders are as fallible as any of us. Even experts can get it wrong. Everyone is subject to human shortcomings and can be swayed by hidden agendas. You have likely lived long enough to have seen such problems first hand.

Is this virus part of an unimaginably complex political power-play? Is the vaccine a cover for a surveillance tool? Please take your educated skepticism and apply it evenly to everything you hear, not just what you disagree with.

None of us should blindly trust any sources. Yet we must see that few of us are trained to act as investigative journalists or reviewers of biomedical literature. The best strategy for most of us is to pay attention to the conclusions that show up consistently among high quality independent sources. 

If you are genuinely undecided, please read on.

Please read the remainder of this article on the NDs for Vaccines Blog.