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Re:Germany pauses AstraZeneca vaccinations as a 'precaution' by scotty79 on Monday March 15, 2021 @11:54AM (#26467495)
Because one "low" is few orders of magnitude lower than other "low".
Re:Germany pauses AstraZeneca vaccinations as a 'precaution' by corndoge on Monday March 15, 2021 @12:01PM (#26467619)
Right, but that's assuming you get the virus; to properly compare it you have to factor the chance you contract the virus in the first place. I'm not saying the math works out better, I haven't done it myself, but I'd bet most people would choose to try to avoid contracting
Re:Germany pauses AstraZeneca vaccinations as a 'precaution' by Broken_Hippo on Monday March 15, 2021 @01:43PM (#26469036)
Yeah, I'm willing to avoid contracting the virus... by getting the vaccine, which certainly isn't as deadly as the virus has been. It isn't just the kill rate, though: I truly want to avoid the long-term complications that some folks are getting. I'll avoid the suffering that comes with the virus too, even without the complications.
Re:Germany pauses AstraZeneca vaccinations as a 'precaution' by shawabawa3 on Monday March 15, 2021 @12:43PM (#26468274)
most people in my experience are fed up of trying to avoid contracting and would rather the much lower risk of vaccine (bare in mind 10+m people have received this vaccine in the UK with no known issues)
Re:Germany pauses AstraZeneca vaccinations as a 'precaution' by scotty79 on Tuesday March 16, 2021 @01:17AM (#26473292)
I think probability of contracting the virus eventually is highest of all the factors involved and ultimately is not that far from 1.