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There is a difference between irrational fear, and the situation here, which is about not willing to self-inflict pain and days of suffering for a potentially h
by rvnx 2y ago
There is a difference between irrational fear, and the situation here, which is about not willing to self-inflict pain and days of suffering for a potentially helpful vaccine.
The physical pain and struggle that you endure during vaccination is very real (you fight the spike protein fragment) versus a relatively weak virus now.
Also with the vaccination and the virus, you get some very nasty side-effects (micro-thrombosis, etc).
Calling it a guaranteed benefit is odd. It may benefit in some circumstances, but each case has to be individually assessed.
For now it has very low real-world utility for most people but it practically guarantees real suffering, not just “irrational fear“. Because of that I don’t think that forcing everybody to get again vaccines is a good idea.
- Retric 2y ago> The physical pain and struggle that you endure during vaccination is very real (you fight the spike protein fragment) versus a relatively weak virus now. If you think of vaccination as meaningful pain and struggle I can wonder how you rate actual illness. Compared to the vaccine, I’d rate Influenza at about 3 orders of magnitude worse. > Calling it a guaranteed benefit is odd. The odds of avoiding it for 40+ years is quite low when it hits ~10% of the population each year. So balancing getting the shot every year for the rest of your life vs several effectively guaranteed infections is an obvious benefit. I mean sure you could die tomorrow, but assuming an early death is hardly a winning strategy for life.