Why? It's a disease with a 97% survival rate. A huge majority of cases are asymptomatic. As in zero symptoms, zero negative health effects, none.

Why does it even matter either way? 3% of the population is severely at risk from this. 3%.

If those 3% of people are vaccinated, then why does it even matter if anyone else is?

For one because 3% of 7 billion is a lot. For another, because a good percentage of those who survive will have super long recovery times and suffer needlessly. For a third, because are you willing to risk it being considered a preexisitng condition and not having your lungs covered by any medical insurance in the future?

And lastly because it’s really fucking dumb to skip it because “I’ll only kill 3% of my friends and family.” Don’t be a nitwit. Get the fucking vaccine.

> If those 3% of people are vaccinated, then why does it even matter if anyone else is?

They can't all be. A significant chunk of the people at risk are also immunocompromised, which means the vaccine will be counter indicated and they rely on the disease not reaching them.

In order for the disease not to reach them, you need herd immunity.

Also, do you want to have a normal life again? Take the damn vaccine. We won't get to looser restrictions without achieving herd immunity, and herd immunity needs 60 percent of people, not the 3 percent at risk.

"I'll let others get it and be part of the 40 percent who want to have a normal life ASAP but won't do anything to contribute to that" is the most selfish shit.

You're presupposing that the vaccines make you incapable of becoming contagious - that has yet to be proven.

Yes, that line of logic requires this to be true. But although it hasn't been proven in the field (since, you know, we have just started handing them out), it is the desired (and likely) outcome of the vaccine.

This entire exercise in waiting for the vaccine was so we could get there.