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That comment was meant to answer two people at once, my bad.

I was referring to the proportion of population that was not at risk. That population has an insanely small chance of having long term side effects from data I've seen. Which was the reason I'm not sure why we would force them to get these vaccines.

EDIT: To be more precise; Of course we want a vaccine and vulnerable people to get it. You'd rather risk getting whatever potential side effects of that vaccine than get covid. I'm more torn about why healthy young people should get it.



> I'm more torn about why healthy young people should get it.

So they don't infect and kill their older relatives.


But those would get the vaccine first, no?


Maybe. Not everyone can get the vaccine. We don't know yet if the vaccine is 100% effective (although it does look very good).


>Not everyone can get the vaccine.

But the proportion of people who are both at risk and can't get the vaccine (and alternatives) must be small (from intuitive maths, I actually haven't looked into this).

Why would this vaccine be mandatory while plenty of other aren't? E.g. I've never got flu-tested before a concert/the flu shot, even though it could pass to other people/kill people.

I'm wondering where's the line between freedom to one own's body and other people's well being. IMO it's not as clear-cut as people make it out to be.


You've mentioned "Low risk" a few times. You're right, the risk for young people is low. That doesn't mean no-risk though. There are plenty of examples of young people suffering harm because of covid.

A TIA at 23 isn't a trivial thing. https://twitter.com/RileyBehrens/status/1333230792206553089?...

At the moment we think covid is at least ten times more lethal than flu. If you're comparing numbers of people killed you need to make sure you're counting death the same way, and most people aren't doing that.


It is possible, but from my understanding, a lot of diseases can have extreme cases. And even so, being free to take on that risk is what I'm refering in when I talk about one own's body.


From https://www.goodrx.com/blog/flu-vs-coronavirus-mortality-and...

          2017-2018 Flu  2018-2019 Flu  COVID-19 as of August 27, 2020
  Cases   45 million     35 million     5 million
  Deaths  61,000         34,157         180,000+
Further reading on how the flu and COVID-19 differ: https://www.cdc.gov/flu/season/faq-flu-season-2020-2021.htm


You're missing my point. These deaths will be insanely reduced once we get the vaccine out to the people that need it. I wasn't saying they are the same; i was saying they are similar in the way they are infectuous and we don't seem to be doing much for young people for most other diseases.




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