Not a great analogy, as not many people use chemotherapy agents daily, for life (unless you die while taking them, of course) and those can have crippling side effects that are way worse in some populations than simply dying from cancer.

> stealth side effect that takes 30 years to manifest

Heavy metal toxicity, cirrhosis, lung cancer, persistent infections that lead to cancer (HPV, Hep B, etc), silicosis, COPD, skin cancer, all sorts of diseases result from cumulative exposure.

> (why oh why do I suspect that semaglutide skepticism correlates heavily with the “respect my freedom to not wear a mask” crowd…)

Can you approach skepticism without ad hominem attacks?