>I am not aware of a common cold that resulted in hospitals being overloaded to the point planned surgery needed to be postponed. Severe cases maybe a rather sm

>I am not aware of a common cold that resulted in hospitals being overloaded to the point planned surgery needed to be postponed. Severe cases maybe a rather small percentage, yet in absolute numbers they are big enough to be real problem. Which is exactly what I wrote. The problem with covid is its rate of spread, the actual complication rate per infection is very low. That's why I explicitly said the only possible justification for vaccines now is to prevent hospital overload. >Well, if I were an anti-vaxxer, why would being called one be a slander? Either I am one or not No, this isn't binary. Not all vaccines are created equal, and it is perfectly rational to be in support of vaccination in general but against covid vaccines. To blindly group such people with antivaxxers is disingenuous.