Originally Posted by
Sunvox
Again, I am vaccinated and see it as a positive risk/reward, but I am mystified by those who feel choosing not to get vaccinated is somehow harmful to society.
Israel and England are two of the most heavily vaccinated populations, but that did not stop vaccinated people from getting, spreading, and even dying from the Delta variant. It lowered the hospitalization rate and it lowered the mortality as advertised, but it did not stop the spread. If others choose to be unvaccinated they are only harming themselves, not you.
I’ve gotta assume you’re smarter than this. Do you think that if large percentages of people opted out vaccines for MMR, polio, etc that would not have harmed society?
Do you think there’s anything to infer from vaccination rates state by state and how hospitals are currently faring in those states?
Do you think that anyone has ever claimed that vaccines are or ever were 100% effective for any disease ever?
Do you think people are equally likely to die or be hospitalized if they contract Covid having previously been fully vaccinated?
You seem to be looking for absolutes when life really never works like that.