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I too don't consider myself knowledgeable enough, even though I've tried to learn as much about how both covid and the vaccines work as possible. And I was wipe
by photojosh 5y ago
I too don't consider myself knowledgeable enough, even though I've tried to learn as much about how both covid and the vaccines work as possible. And I was wiped out for a full 36 hours (all the nasty flu symptoms except respiratory: cytokine storm!) and the worst reaction I know of first-degree was someone with the same who had to take a full week off.
But ultimately it all boils down to trading-off risks.
So many of the anti-vaccine arguments only look at absolute risk, instead of the risk compared to getting covid itself, or even just everyday risks that we shrug off. (At one point in the AZ discussion, I worked out that the risk of a blood clot was around the same as getting killed on your commute... every week).
I'm sure this is what the doctors do as well. Unless they're immunologists etc, it's quite easy as a layman (at least if you're on HN) to bring yourself up to the level of understanding of your average general practitioner, so there's probably the exact same conversations happening. I browse the published medical studies, same as they do.