The Covid vaccine was, and remains, very effective and overall safe.
What it never was, and was never advertised to be, is 100% effective or 100% safe. Because nothing is, even air and water.
I don't know where people's obviously incorrect and unrealistic expectation of the Covid vaccine came from. Well, I can guess: anti-vax rhetoric. But, everyone on Earth should know that of course the Covid vaccine is not magic. Because no vaccines are magic. And no medicines are magic. And no substances are magic.
When people say seatbelts are safe, I don't see gremlins coming out of the woodwork to "erm, akshually" that. But, as soon as someone says the Covid vaccine is safe, suddenly everyone is Helen Keller. This is not your first day on Earth. Please, stop acting stupid.
Overall, yes, having the Covid vaccine lowers your risk of Covid-related bad things. It is effective, full stop. Please don't try to refute this or argue against because I just don't care.
> The Covid vaccine was, and remains, very effective
What is your definition of “effective”?
The public’s definition was “I get the shot and won’t get covid or be able to spread Covid”. I posted a compilation of our leadership saying that very thing too on this thread. Then lo and behold…we find out that not only can you can still get it, the disease is not any milder than when an unvaccinated person gets covid, and you can still spread it.
I will repeat this again because people on HN can’t see the forest through the trees. I am not antivax. I got the vaccine. What I am suggesting is the government overselling the effectiveness contributed to a public shift towards antivax attitudes.
You can put your hand over your ears and pretend it didn’t happen. You can post how “you don’t care” and don’t want a response…but that will not stop the attitude shift.
It was very effective at first, until the virus adapted. Literally every single person I know that has been vaccinated (or not) has had COVID. Sure, they might have had reduced symptoms - but there's no other vaccine commonly used that has such an awful infection rate. You could possibly argue the flu vaccine, but when they actually nail the strain it's quite effective.
Sure, it's quite safe. But don't argue that it's effective. It's an awfully ineffective vaccine and there'd be more pressure for a better one if people stopped repeating that lie. We've figured out that mRNA vaccines targeting just a specific part of a virus are maybe great in an emergency but not great for long-term use. We need something better. People are still dying.
What it never was, and was never advertised to be, is 100% effective or 100% safe. Because nothing is, even air and water.
I don't know where people's obviously incorrect and unrealistic expectation of the Covid vaccine came from. Well, I can guess: anti-vax rhetoric. But, everyone on Earth should know that of course the Covid vaccine is not magic. Because no vaccines are magic. And no medicines are magic. And no substances are magic.
When people say seatbelts are safe, I don't see gremlins coming out of the woodwork to "erm, akshually" that. But, as soon as someone says the Covid vaccine is safe, suddenly everyone is Helen Keller. This is not your first day on Earth. Please, stop acting stupid.
Overall, yes, having the Covid vaccine lowers your risk of Covid-related bad things. It is effective, full stop. Please don't try to refute this or argue against because I just don't care.