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by hunterb123 1708 days ago
Right, my question though is the small risk of the vaccine worth it if you already have good immunity from a previous infection?

Personally I think that's up to the individual to decide depending on their bout with covid and how they feel about their chances with the vaccine.

Maybe they've had previous reactions with another vaccine, maybe medical family history, I don't know.

That's why I'm against mandates period.
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angelzen 1708 days ago
We are on the same page. Nobody should ever be forced to take a medication they don't want. Some people ride motorcycles on the freeway, or do wingsuit jumps, or surf bigwaves, or ski the backcountry, or freesolo el Capitan. I guess it's more fun than getting a bad case of covid, but either way, more power to them.

The only point I'm making is that VAERS data by itself is negligible compared to the effects of covid itself. I understand that it can be frustrating to interact with 2-masks+3-jabs+forever-lockdown+kill-unvaxxed crowd, especially given the political power it wields in the real world, but IMHO the VAERS data does not make a strong case for passing on the vaccine.

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hunterb123 1708 days ago
My only point for VAERS is that there are instances of people reacting to the vaccine. Yes anecdotes should be verified, but they do exist as does the small chance of a reaction.

So that small reaction should be enough for people with immunity from a previous infection to say, "hey, that's my reason". Not that they need one :)

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angelzen 1708 days ago
> Not that they need one :)

Exactly! None of your damn business how other people handle their health. Go cower in the basement if you can't handle a (hopefully temporary) less than 15% increase in the death rate for your age cohort.

https://data.cdc.gov/resource/3apk-4u4f.csv

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