Originally Posted by hummingbear

In countering the argument you think I’m making, you’re half making my point. We both agree the vaccine is highly effective. If you looked at all data with that same objectivity you’d see it’s also extremely safe.

Most people will have enough protection from the vaccine that they shouldn’t be concerned about the worst possible outcomes of the virus. Most. Maybe my perspective comes in part from having a close family member on chemo, although I think many of us here are similarly affected by that issue. I’d love the comfort of being able to say his vaccine makes potential exposure to the virus a non-issue, but that may not be the case. So I have just that much less patience for people who push the “your vaccine covers you so don’t worry about me” line, and that much more respect & gratitude for those who see it as a protection for others as well as themselves.

I don’t know who you think is “manipulating the population” & to what end. There’s a real disease. There’s a real vaccine. It works, it’s safe, and I fail to see how getting it makes a person more vulnerable to whatever mysterious & nefarious plot is being hatched- though that’s exactly what I would say if I were implanted with Anthony Fauci’s secret mind-control syrum.