> You have an incredibly lower long-term risk when compared with catching Covid... You can't know that. COVID is a new ilness, coronavirus vaccines are novel a

> You have an incredibly lower long-term risk when compared with catching Covid... You can't know that. COVID is a new ilness, coronavirus vaccines are novel and neither MRNA nor adenovectors have long-term safety data. You can reduce your short-term risk from COVID by getting a vaccine, so far so good. You can't know if you then go on to develop an overly specific immune response that will end up hurting you with the next mutation. Perhaps the kind of mutation that is being selected for by a non-sterilizing vaccine administered to a large population? Can we rule that one out? Of course not, it's just too inconvenient to think about. Too many people act as if this vaccine deal was a no-brainer, that the vaccine hesitant are just stupid. Never mind that the idea of vaccinating people not at risk, especially children, was almost unthinkable when it was the "Trump vaccine". What changed? Is it the science, or is it the population that demands a magic injection to end the pandemic by next Tuesday? > ...and society has a multiplicatively lower risk when compared with unvaccinated people being allowed to so easily spread the disease. This doesn't stand scrutiny, as some of the highest vaccinated places also have some of the highest rates of infection.