G1z1
Active member
I really hope you're on a wind up G1z1 but if not then I hope you are lucky that you and your family only have mild symptoms when you catch Covid.
I'm a sheep, I'll happily follow as quite frankly it is inconceivable to me that people believe they know more from internet research/anecdotal experience than our medical professionals. Independent experts around the world for MHRA, JCVI, FDA, and EMA have approved the relevant vaccines based on decades of collective experience, continual review of lab results, continual review of clinical trials, review of manufacturing, final product and now real world evidence have approved the vaccine. To be frank i think there is a high level of arrogance to think you know better unless you are extremely senior in virology.
For questions:
- Yes, a number have had extreme reactions and died due to side effects of the vaccine but these numbers are low, reviewed by the respective agencies, acted upon and put up against the risk for each age group before continuing to approve. As evidenced by the wait on vaccinating teenagers although some will be down to quantities. That is the point of having experts managing and reviewing the position to advice Governments (not just Boris, large consensus around the world on approach) but the risk of vaccine illness is significantly lower than risk of Covid illness/death.
- You keep quoting 99.98% survival but sadly that .02% is still a large number - 131k and counting including a friend who wasn't much older than you with no underlying illness.
- Yes, we will see more double vaccinated people in hospital than vaccinated soon. This is simply how statistics work if you vaccinate a large proportion of the population. You will have lower overall numbers of illness but due to 70%+ of the population being vaccinated they will ultimately be the higher percentage as they have the largest group to start with. It's 100% certain that vaccines have had a benefit across the world.
I'm not going to comment again, I just struggle to see anti-vac posts in case it makes one other person to decide to rely on your comments as approach.
Believe it or not i am actually not anti anything. I decided the odds of me dropping dead at .02% ill just take the chance. I get that .02% still means a lot will die but pfizer themselves said there vaccines are safe and only a small 2% will receive serious side effects.
Well coming from a company with the reputation of pfizer and if anyone bothers to look into just how much they have been fined and why they have been fined over the years. Well thats just not a company that im willing to trust and its not just pfizer look up any other of the companies and look at what they have been fined for.
I expect that 2% is probably a lot higher but even if its not its a hell of a lot higher than the .02% i am risking.