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by orbifold 1263 days ago
Ok, well then it might turn out that some of the fringe scientists were right all along. A healthy young male like me would probably have been far better off to not receive any kind of vaccine, I only got Covid after a third booster and I don’t think I could have had it any worse.
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> A healthy young male like me would probably have been far better off to not receive any kind of vaccine

If you mean “might” instead of “would probably”, then maybe I’d agree that you’re on the right track.

> I don’t think I could have had it any worse.

You’re alive and you haven’t described severe disability lasting at least a year, so this part is just not correct.

Being healthy and young reduces the risk of severe outcomes, but not to zero.

It’s all hypothetical at this point, I reluctantly followed the guidance, more or less because I didn’t want to be inconvenienced too much. You are right I could have suffered worse, but then again I have absolutely no risk factors and statistically my chance of death or serious outcome was very close to zero regardless of vaccine status.

There was a clear indication from the data in Israel that nothing was working as it was advertised in Europe. Now high profile publications are coming out that confirm some of the worst fears, so who knows maybe at some point these people will have to take some accountability.