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by steverb
1743 days ago
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And as other others have pointed it out, you're much less likely to pass it along, get sick, be hospitalized if you have had the vaccination. And you're comparing a very small risk for the youth (getting a vaccine) versus a very large risk for the elderly. They're your grandparents though, so I guess that's your decision. |
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The at-risk can get vaccinated - healthy youth don't get hospitalized - there are antibody and drug therapeutics available - youth don't need to risk novel vaccine adverse affects (they are documented - they are more prevalent in young than old) - you still spread it equally significantly vaccinated or not - the vaccine does not give robust coverage against new strains - natural immunity gives far more robust coverage against new strains than the vaccine (almost suggesting exposure for the low-risk is a better societal outcome).
Hand waving "all youth must get vaccinated" is not a rational course of action.