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And yet, at the time (and still now!) the vast majority of government and health officials stated that developing conditions and side-effects from the vaccine w

And yet, at the time (and still now!) the vast majority of government and health officials stated that developing conditions and side-effects from the vaccine was either impossible, or so rare it wasn't worth mentioning. Where anecdotally, I know more people in my own personal life (including myself) that developed far worse conditions from the vaccine (granted, usually Pfizer and Moderna, though other offerings don't appear to have fared much better) than what they ever received from a COVID infection. Sure it's possible the vaccine made that the case, but that's the kind of thing that needs to be said up front, not obscured and downplayed until years after the fact finger-wagging about "well technically the *government* never required you to get it! Only everything else did, at the strong recommendation of the government!"

ceejayoz 1y ago
> And yet, at the time (and still now!) the vast majority of government and health officials stated that developing conditions and side-effects from the vaccine was either impossible, or so rare it wasn't worth mentioning. I don't doubt some politicians give black-and-white assessments as they are prone to do, but from Fauci on downwards the scientific/medical folks were always quite honest about this. Everything has side effects; I distinctly recall them being discussed at Trump press conferences. They were (and remain) rare. We've given billions of doses of the COVID vaccines, with a good safety record. > Where anecdotally, I know more people in my own personal life (including myself) that developed far worse conditions from the vaccine (granted, usually Pfizer and Moderna, though other offerings don't appear to have fared much better) than what they ever received from a COVID infection. That's the entire point of a vaccine, yes. You feel shitty for a few days instead of dying.

ceejayoz 1y ago

> And yet, at the time (and still now!) the vast majority of government and health officials stated that developing conditions and side-effects from the vaccine was either impossible, or so rare it wasn't worth mentioning. I don't doubt some politicians give black-and-white assessments as they are prone to do, but from Fauci on downwards the scientific/medical folks were always quite honest about this. Everything has side effects; I distinctly recall them being discussed at Trump press conferences. They were (and remain) rare. We've given billions of doses of the COVID vaccines, with a good safety record. > Where anecdotally, I know more people in my own personal life (including myself) that developed far worse conditions from the vaccine (granted, usually Pfizer and Moderna, though other offerings don't appear to have fared much better) than what they ever received from a COVID infection. That's the entire point of a vaccine, yes. You feel shitty for a few days instead of dying.