Don't let fear of side effects drive you away from getting the necessary booster. As of today, Fauci says I can ditch the mask. I'll still be keeping one in my pocket just in case though.
The number of poor reactions is very small, but pretending like they don’t exist or failing to address ways to overcome them only further fuels the fear in those hesitant to get vaccinated, and furthers the divisiveness in an issue we should all be working together on.
Which makes sense if you’re a politician or Dr. Fauci, but doesn’t make sense if you just care about the health and safety of everyone and want to get this damn pandemic over with already.
Forcing or shaming the hold outs to get vaccinated won’t do this, but giving honest confidence in the vaccine to people will.
I'm aware that there's not enough information to say yet, but it's something I'd like to see them look out for. The side effects are absolutely not a good enough reason to avoid getting vaccinated, both for your own sake and as a participant in herd immunity, but I've personally witnessed enough unpleasantness to know that there will be people who avoid it just to avoid the side effects.
Being able to provide good advice to help the rational but fearful may help get us over the threshold, despite the large numbers of irrationally fearful. We'll need every single one to get there.