Comments by "L.W. Paradis" (@l.w.paradis2108) on "Johnson u0026 Johnson Vaccine RESUMES - Right Call?" video.
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I listen to podcasts from other countries about these vaccines, and the most intelligent critique I heard was logically structured very much like what you just said. Here was what one professor of medicine said, in a society where vaccines are generally much better accepted:
First of all, speak to your doctor about whether you should be vaccinated. Too much of what has been presented to the public is advertising, not information.
Second, all of these vaccines have a significant risk profile. Be aware of that. Our annual flu shots are far less risky.
Third, as for the data, people under 50 in good health are not at high risk of death or disability from COVID. People 70 and over, really, REALLY are. Ages 50 to 70 is a highly individual determination. Most probably do have the risk that makes vaccination highly advisable.
Fourth, never discount the psychological costs of not being vaccinated. If you are truly afraid of contracting COVID, if the past 12-14 months of isolation have taken a toll on you, this is a very good reason to get vaccinated. Prolonged stress and isolation, poor sleep, etc., is harmful to health. This should be part of any risk assessment.
Fifth, at this point we hope the vaccine, if administered rapidly, will help keep the virus from mutating into a variant that the vaccine is ineffective against. We hope, but do not and cannot know. A yearly shot is within the realm of possibility.
Finally, we also have reasonable hope that the vaccine will protect others, not just the recipient. Unfortunately, we don't know that yet, either, due to the problem of vaccinated asymptomatic carriers. We don't have enough data to assess that risk at present.
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