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Adverse reactions are real, but they are orders of magnitude less likely than those caused by Covid itself and Covid is capable of causing basically all the sam
by Natsu 5y ago
Adverse reactions are real, but they are orders of magnitude less likely than those caused by Covid itself and Covid is capable of causing basically all the same long tail harms the vaccines can.
Which makes sense--many of them are made of some part of the virus, so how can they be more deadly than Covid itself if they're just a piece of it?
It's weird to me that people aren't willing to trade a 2% risk for a 0.0002% risk when both have similar types of horrible outcomes.
- 1ark 5y agoEven if the percentages are exaggerated, it also depends on lifestyles. If you WFH and closest contact with people is that of grocery shopping, the 2% becomes closer to 0% because you aren't going to contract the virus. But it's logical to calculate a risk percentage and then make a decision. Easy for the brain. But it simplifies reality down to a number, ignoring all those people that had adverse effects and took it on the chin in solidarity "for humanity". What did they get in return? It is a bit unethical.
- Natsu 5y agoThat's still non-zero and it's not clear how many more years this will linger or if it will become endemic at this rate. I've avoided Covid the entire time as have many, but for how many years can we live like hermits?