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Originally Posted by LFC_USA
This is EXACTLY how we both felt unvaccinated. Very satisfied with the choices we made. We are not obese, exercise, average weight and overall very healthy.
So we are acknowledging the vaccine does not prevent you from getting or spreading covid correct? It just potentially reduces your symptoms and lessens the chances of death?
That’s fine. You had that choice. If you’re satisfied with that, all good - no need to complain. It seems like you are fairly upset and angry (so much so that you decided to vote Republican in 2020) with the consequences of that choice and are now making absurd comparisons that not being able to attend a certain college is akin to having to carry an unwanted pregnancy. It was long ago now so I don’t remember specifics but when I was accepted to college I had to get some vaccination updates. Had I refused to get them and not attended them acted like a martyr I probably would’ve been looked at like I had two heads, but times have changed.
I don’t pretend to be an expert in these matters but my understanding is that when the vaccine was originally released it was fairly highly effective (relatively speaking) at reducing spread. This has decreased as time has passed since the majority of people got their shots and the virus mutated. From what I understand the booster also reduces chance of spread but this goes away more quickly. It almost definitely reduces it in the immediate time frame and certainly doesn’t hurt. And yes it reduces symptoms, hospitalization rate, and death in adults of all ages, fitness level, etc. I acknowledge that mandates that allow someone who got their shot in March of 2021 to do something but not someone unvaccinated who got COVID for the second time and recovered two months ago doesn’t make sense to me on the surface either, but I’m not an expert. If they come out with a booster that’s super effective against omicron that would likely change my opinion.
Either way from a risk/reward standpoint it makes no sense for an adult not to get the vaccine at this point, even with it not being as effective against current strains.