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Anyone who has read the data understands that the third immunotherapy shot (the "booster") reduces the chances of death or serious illness from COVID by a few h
by StanislavPetrov 5y ago
Anyone who has read the data understands that the third immunotherapy shot (the "booster") reduces the chances of death or serious illness from COVID by a few hundred thousandths of a percent. This vanishingly small reduction in risk from COVID is matched or exceeded by the similarly small risks posed by this additional dose of immunotherapy. The unsubstantiated proposition that even more injections of this experimental immunotherapy will do less harm than good is one that should be rejected by people who believe in science and objective reality unless and until hard data of the benefits is offered.
To me, this situation is very similar to someone who thinks that doubling or tripling the amount of medication they take to treat an ailment translates into double or triple the desire results. This isn't the case, and is often very dangerous. Everyone, especially young people who plan on living a long time, should be very wary and skeptical of taking multiple doses of experimental immunotherapies (or any other new, experimental drug) with unknown risks and no proven benefits.