My kids give me that funny look when I tell them that life is all about choices. We choose whether to sleep in, what we’ll say or if we’re going to have that extra scoop of ice cream. There are, of course, more difficult choices. Do I take that new job and move out of state? Am I ready to pop the question? When should we have kids? Every choice we make changes the course of our lives, some for the better and some for the worse. My kids know, because I’ve told them over and over, that the most important part of every choice is knowing why you made it. Did you eat more cake because your best friend challenged you or because you are a true chocaholic? Did you propose marriage because you were scared of losing your partner or because you knew they were “the one”?
The reasons behind every choice we make are more important than the choice itself because we rarely regret a choice where we truly considered the good, the bad and the ugly. I think we need to use the same logic when deciding whether to get the COVID vaccine. The hard part about that one is that our decision doesn’t only affect us; it affects our family, our friends, our neighbors, and, without sounding too dramatic, it affects the whole world. Sounds crazy, I know. How can my decision whether to get vaccinated affect the whole world?
Let’s start with answering some questions about the vaccine. I am not going to sit here and say “Take the vaccine. It is absolutely safe,” but let’s at least dispel a few myths:
‘ Will the vaccine make you infertile or cause miscarriages?
There isn’t really any science behind believing that any of the current COVID vaccines would cause infertility for men or women, and vaccinated people haven’t had any more miscarriages than unvaccinated.