"They've saved millions of lives and trillions of dollars with no downside"

Somebody drank the Kool aid...

> Lol no

> weirdo antivaxxers

Good points, I'm sure you've put a lot of thought into this.

Every single public health professional in the world has, so I can just summarize. The modern world is pretty great.

> Every single public health professional

I beg to differ, but sure give it your best shot. Start with explaining the methodology behind the claim for "trillions of dollars saved", then continue with "no downsides".

The way you speak in absolutes is a sign you don't know what you're talking about.

Yes no thoughtful individual has ever used colloquial language good observation.

Doesn't africa have really low vaccination rate at like less than 25% in most countries?

Africa also has a population that is very young: A combination of both high birth rates and low life expectancy. I'm not sure what point you're trying to make.

Yup. 60% of the continent’s population is under 25.

> All of the world's top 10 youngest countries by median age are in Africa, with Niger in first place with a median age of 15.1 years.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Youth_in_Africa

Maybe the point that since young people are at much less risk, it would have made sense to target the vaccines at the kinds of people that COVID was a threat to, and not quarantine us all fire anyone who didn't want to take it.

So does China and other Asian countries

Contra dozens of studies showing the effectiveness and number of deaths averted in countries with strong public health reporting and organization, the existence of lower rates of disease in some African countries with low vaccine uptake is persuasive to you?

Inform yourself, please: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36074830

Found the CNN watcher who did absolutely none of their own research.

Also swallowed the "vaccines saved 10 million lives" article headline whole and didnt dig into the methodology.

"No downside" hoo boy.. I would actually pay to fly you to meet with families of those injured or killed within a week of taking the vaccine.