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Message: <blockquote data-quote="NicoleC1971" data-source="post: 2472286" data-attributes="member: 365308">Prepare for this post to get deleted because  I've gone 'off topic' but you are confusing protection of the vulnerable with getting a vaccine.  With this vaccine it isn't the case.  It is with other vaccines such as measles,  which is a sterilising vaccine.The fact of your vaccination doesn't protect me.  It protects you if it does anything at all.  It doesn't seem to be affecting transmission much nor your ability to contract the virus.  My having had covid also protects you more than my getting endless boosters since my immunity is now broader than that conferred by the vaccine which I've also had btw!The OP had a legitimate concern about his reaction and I was merely saying this has to be a choice in this context (non sterilising and transient imuunity against a rather weakened virus) not a social obligation.  I am not a total libertarian and can see some contexts where forced vaccination would be for the greater good.BTW the actual mortality rate is now reckoned to be 0.15-0.23%  (WHO December 2020 estimate) and that is before omricon.</blockquote>

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