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I mean obviously anyone with any grasp of numbers will look at the balance of probabilities, note that Vaccines have an incredibly low risk compared to Covid, a
by ctoth 5y ago
I mean obviously anyone with any grasp of numbers will look at the balance of probabilities, note that Vaccines have an incredibly low risk compared to Covid, and get vaccinated. This does not mean that we should literally lie about those risks when they do occur!
When you think you're smarter than someone and so you're going to shape their information in such a way that they do what you want them to? This is called manipulation. It is a dark art. it is evil. Don't do it.
- deworms 5y agoDepending on the demographic you're in the vaccine risk might not be worth it.
- ianlevesque 5y agoThere is literally no demographic where the mRNA vaccines are risker than COVID-19. None.
- bopbeepboop 5y agoCOVID vaccines based on the Wuhan variant might make people more susceptible to the delta variant: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34384810/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34384810/ There is statistical evidence to suggest this is happening — eg, Israel seeing a delta spike in deaths, but Palestine not. https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/israel/ https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/israel/ https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/state-of-palestine/ https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/state-of-p... You can see both countries are experiencing a surge in cases, but only Israel is experiencing a surge in deaths.