@Reformed1689 and @Reynolds ,
To highlight what I am saying (I do not want my point being lost in my words):
You both have pointed out the chances of getting COVID and having serious consequences as being small. I agree.
But what you are not dealing with is the chances of having serious adverse effects of any vacvine is .000015, or .0015%, which is much smaller than one's chances of serious COVID complications.
Vaccines do have dangers (this is a given). The question is twofold - 1. Do they help to prevent or minimize the disease (with COVID-19, the answer is yes) and 2. Do the potential dangers of a vaccine outweigh the potential effects of the disease.
The latter is the question to ask, and based on the data you have provided, and the fact serious adverse reactions to vaccines occur .0015 (actually between .001 and .002) percent of the time the answer seems to indicate the benefits - in general to a population - outweigh the risks.
Individually this may not be the case, but vaccines are not developed for one person.
To highlight what I am saying (I do not want my point being lost in my words):
You both have pointed out the chances of getting COVID and having serious consequences as being small. I agree.
But what you are not dealing with is the chances of having serious adverse effects of any vacvine is .000015, or .0015%, which is much smaller than one's chances of serious COVID complications.
Vaccines do have dangers (this is a given). The question is twofold - 1. Do they help to prevent or minimize the disease (with COVID-19, the answer is yes) and 2. Do the potential dangers of a vaccine outweigh the potential effects of the disease.
The latter is the question to ask, and based on the data you have provided, and the fact serious adverse reactions to vaccines occur .0015 (actually between .001 and .002) percent of the time the answer seems to indicate the benefits - in general to a population - outweigh the risks.
Individually this may not be the case, but vaccines are not developed for one person.