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Let me explain the situation as dispassionately as possible, and show the risk assessment I went through in making my decision
First, the virus
>virus has been present in my country for about 18mo
>some people get it and don't get symptoms
>some people get it and get symptoms, ranging from mild to severe
>some people get it and die (typically with one or several comorbidities such as old age, diabetes, heart disease etc.)
>throughout all this time I have had regular close contact with several people, and each of those has regular contact with many more, and so on
>I have had no reports of any people with whom I have any connection getting it
>the chances of absolutely everyone having zero symptoms is very low, and it is much more likely that I've never had the virus
>if I've never had the virus the measures I've been taking must be effective (or the virus isn't as prevalent as they say)
>these are: put on a mask when entering a shop, only go into the office a couple of days a week, don't go out for drinks that often, wear mask inbetween stations at gym, and that's it
Now, the vaccine
>vaccine has verifiable risk of side effects, as I have read from my country's vaccine issues reporting utility
>the vaccines are novel technology
>the vaccines were certainly rushed out asap in order to gain as much market share as possible (like with any product)
>vaccines are still officially in trials
>vaccine ongoing effects will not become clear for a while yet (because they have to manifest in sufficient numbers, then be seen by enough doctors for them to raise the issue, then it takes a long time for experimentation and corroboration to confirm, and then finally something can be done)
The choice is thus
>either keep doing what I'm doing which has until this point worked, and should work better as more people get the vaccine and the virus reduces
>submit to taking an early vaccine with a high likelihood of side effects now and the potential to cause disastrous effects later
