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They don't trust that medical companies have their best interests at heart, and are motivated by profits. Making people sick is profit.
It really isn't so strange.
And if you google on vaccine side effects, you will find a lot of them. They are rare, but they happen, and when they do, there is no help to be had.
So why is it stupid to be careful? I think it makes sense.
It’s stupid because they don’t understand probability and risk assessment. Yeah there are side effects but they are exceedingly rare and even if you get them the outcomes are usually far less severe than the disease you’re trying to prevent. It’s like saying “I refuse to wear a seat belt because it might wrinkle my suit jacket.”
I think that's up to each person to decide. Similar to how it's rare to die in a flight crash and most people accept the risk, but not all.
Whats so complicated about probability? They know it's a low probably, but it's higher than zero, always.
Almost all people who didn't vaccinate against covid are still alive and well you know.
People take a risk either way. Taking the vaccine or not taking it.
Yes people can die in a flight crash, but it's more likely to die in a car crash so choosing the car over a plane is just dumb when it comes to risk manegement.
Yes almost all people who didn't vaccinate against covid are still alive, but the percentage of people who took it is even higher.
When i jump out of a plane with a parachute i might die, it's a risk either way so why should i bother to open it?
I think it's about having control over the risk too.
If you take a plane, you are not in control. When driving a car, you are. I think the latter makes a lot of people feel more comfortable.
Anyway, all these analogies are not really fitting. I think when it comes to covid, it's each person's decision what to do. Makes sense to me. :)
Yeah you're totally in control when a truck driver falls asleep and crashes frontal into you.
Just like you're totally in control when the person next to you in the train doesn't wear a mask and spreads the virus towards you