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by __blockcipher__ 1725 days ago
> 99.2%

I would use 99.7% as a fairly conservative number, frankly: https://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/99/1/20-265892.pdf

Anyway, the other point is that that number is the overall IFR. If, like me, you know you're in a category that has almost no risk from COVID, then it's even more of a no-brainer. That's why it's completely absurd that the GP tried to tell me that I'm at less risk from the vaccine from the disease, when they don't know my age, # of comorbidities, metabolic health, past SARS-2 infection status, past non-SARS-circulating-hCoV infection status, etc. They simply don't know what they're talking about.