If anyone has any doubts, I suggest you read this article:
I had a chat yesterday with a bunch of premiĆØres (so 15/16 years old) about vaccination, lots of boys were very anti it, their reasons were as follows: they think getting covid is less of a risk for their age-group than getting the side-effects of a vaccine, it is new and possibly rushed into production and they are intensely suspicious of it, quite extraordinary really like hearing a bunch of aged reactionaries chuntering.
None of the girls were anti vaccine, nobody thought it should be compulsory but they accepted that not being vaccinated might mean not being able to do certain things.
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Although they have been tested on far greater numbers, millions, rather than the more usual small sample.
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Yes it isnāt rational at all and shows they donāt understand statistics but there you are - it is a snapshot.
For me the benefit of vaccination is one of considerable relief.
Sooner or later I will be exposed to Covid, but with the vaccine it is highly unlikely that I will be hospitalised, and even less likely that I will end up in āReanimationā.
Iāve been there (not Covid related), had the T-shirt, and worn it out, and I certainly never wish to have to go there again.
To anyone who has any doubts about whether or not to be vaccinated, I implore you, if you donāt do it for yourself then please, please, do it for the sake of those close to you to save them the huge trauma of you being in the ICU.
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Are you sure they donāt understand the statistics? I havenāt looked at them for some time I must admit - but the last time I did, the risk of death from vaccination (admittedly that was looking at AZ) was greater than from covid for their age group.
The āwhole populationā relative risk statistics are not really relevant to them - since almost all covid deaths are among the elderly. There is of course still an argument from altruism for vaccination, and possibly from travel, etc - but Iām not so sure about a statistical argument.
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Yesā¦the difference between relative risk and absolute risk makes the āvaccineā around 1% effectiveā¦
Explanation hereā¦
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They wouldnāt be offered the AZ vaccine in France. And afaik the risk of dying from the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines is literally zero. Meanwhile I read some months back of the tragic case of a young Asian boy, 15 years old, in London, who died of COVID with no comorbidities and whose family were unable to attend his burial. Thereās literally no rational reason to refuse an mRNA vaccine. Thereās plenty of FUD on the subject though, moreās the pity.
The Highwire, please reallyš¤¢, thatās on par with Libertarian, New Age and QAnon.
Del Bigtree wasnāt he the guy that downplayed the severity of the coronavirus pandemic on his show and suggested viewers intentionally expose themselves to Covid-19, that went well didnāt it 
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Iām experiencing similar silliness. I do believe it comes from the chunterings of family members rather than any real consideration. But still, theyāre ignoring the reality that the unvaccinated population are a vector for āescapeā variants that could render the current (largely successful) vaccination program null and void. They might not get very sick. But itās anti-social to not appreciate your role in the wider pandemic if you refuse vaccination.
There are good reasons to refuse. Iām young and I probably wonāt get very sick ISNāT one of them.
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They donāt get stats in general - the vaccine on offer is pfizer/moderna and the side-effects for them are apparently less significant than side-effects of covid. I have a number of pupils who still have no sense of taste or smell months after having covid.
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Q Anonā¦really lol 
I donāt think soā¦thatās just lame stream media trying to put genuine people with valid concerns into one conspiracy basketā¦
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Do you have sources for that beliefā¦???
First one out of Google:
Thereās loads more.
And what if itās the vaccinated population who are driving the āescape variantsāā¦???
The synthetic spike protein is quite singular and the pcr tests are set at such a high number of cycles as to be meaningless (admitted by Fauci)
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By the way, I appreciate youāre heated on the issue, I see from other posts in other threads you have strong opinions, but I have nothing to say to you if you simply deny science, thereās no sense in any back and forth discussion.
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I too study the science Greg and if you wish to view my posts as āheatedā then thatās okā¦I would always much rather advocate open discussion and transparency over censorship any day of the weekā¦
I have three adult children and 5 grandchildren with a sixth on the wayā¦My pregnant daughter has just been sent a letter to get her ācoronavirus vaccineāā¦There is so much wrong with that letter I wouldnāt even know where to startā¦
I too study the science
In fairness, no evidence of that I can see.
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Meanwhile Pfizer are being pretty transparent about their research: https://www.ema.europa.eu/documents/rmp-summary/comirnaty-epar-risk-management-plan_en.pdf
What do you fear?
I wonder what they think about the blood clot risks their girlfriends run from taking the pill?
They should get a good kick in the arse (in a caring way) 
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