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> We can't exactly know the risks from letting COVID-19 doing its thing unimpeded, either. Really? We've got a lot more data on COVID than we do on the vaccine

• mlyle 6y ago
  > Really? We've got a lot more data on COVID than we do on the vaccines. Sure, but we don't know much about long-term morbidity tied to COVID infection, or exactly how many people it will get in the end. Even if I've got it all wrong--- the vaccine is riskier than our current data implies in the age 24-30 group, and fewer people from age 24-30 will get it because things burnt themselves out earlier-- what about the risks of long-term morbidity from COVID-19 infection in this group? Even that alone dwarfs likely vaccine risks. A whole lot of people are getting hospitalized, and even only 5% of them ending up with some degree of long term disability is daunting. There's big error bars all around, but they largely don't overlap, and COVID has profound downside risks.
  • bird_monster 6y ago
    > Sure, but we don't know much about long-term morbidity tied to COVID infection I would say the same about the vaccines though. It seems like a lose/lose but one of which has a much greater sample.