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Re:Current RNA vaccines protect against worrying coronavirus... by chitowneats on Tuesday May 11, 2021 @09:40AM (#27117994)
It's also riskier for most folks to drive a car than to catch Covid. I agree that people should look at their specific case and do honest risk/benefit analysis.

Most of what I've seen, however, feels more like herd mentality behavior based on one's political leanings. Or people feeling they genuinely don't have a choice, given impending requirements and restrictions from their local governments and employers.

Edit: not sure why I'm being downvoted. It should be common knowledge at this point that people in their 20's, 30's, and 40's have a higher risk of automobile accident, suicide, drug overdose, etc, than of covid death.

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Re:Current RNA vaccines protect against worrying coronavirus... by Pyramus on Tuesday May 11, 2021 @10:47AM (#27118712)
As a European I do not understand what vaccination has to do with political leaning. It's even stranger that in the US pro-life (abortion) seems to correlate with pro-choice (vaccines)?

I do understand however that society as a whole says "if you are not willing to take a negligible risk for us, we are not taking risks for you".

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Re:Current RNA vaccines protect against worrying coronavirus... by MockObject on Tuesday May 11, 2021 @11:22AM (#27119182)
We are in an unfortunate state of hyper-polarization where, if one side advocates something, the other side feels compelled to reject it. Unfortunately, this has even extended into medicine. Many such cases! Sad!
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Re:Current RNA vaccines protect against worrying coronavirus... by maxerickson on Tuesday May 11, 2021 @11:21AM (#27119159)
I estimated that my risk from getting infected was similar to the lifetime risk of driving.

If I could get a shot that protected me from car accidents, I'd do that too.

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Re:Current RNA vaccines protect against worrying coronavirus... by chitowneats on Saturday May 15, 2021 @03:00PM (#27167906)
The shot doesn't last a lifetime. You'll need two shots a year, at minimum. Third and fourth booster shots needed in the fall are already being discussed.
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