I think the downvotes come because I’m saying two unpopular things - the vaccines have known side effects and aren’t perfect (and in some cases the side effects

I think the downvotes come because I’m saying two unpopular things - the vaccines have known side effects and aren’t perfect (and in some cases the side effects are severe) and that people should still get the vaccine (unless they have a solid medical reason not to). Neither option is perfect, but at this point I think everyone will get COVID eventually and it’s better for our healthcare system if the population is vaccinated. The politicization of this has cost the most lives in the pandemic. I just wish the government, media, and pharma were more transparent on side effects. To be fair, they were for J&J, but 80+ people had paralysis from the other vaccines and this wasn’t really called out as a side effect. That’s enough cannon fodder for conspiracy theorists and anti-vax to hold on to (“what else are they lying to us about!?”) that I think transparency would be better.