Confirmed Cases: 47,916,623
Deaths from COVID: 773,779
Deaths from COVID within age groups:
0-17: 621
18-29: 4,547
30-39: 13,451
40-49: 32,805
50-64: 141,783
65-74: 175,430
75-84: 200,202
85+: 204,973
Data via the CDC website.
According to the CDC website, every 40 seconds a person has a heart attack in the U.S. Also, according to the CDC website, every 36 seconds a person dies from cardiovascular disease in the U.S. Why not focus on decreasing the number of heart attacks so that we can make more room in the hospitals for people with COVID?
To answer your question, no, I am not afraid of the vaccines. I simply do not see the need to get vaccinated. Personally, I am not worried about contracting COVID or dying from it. It is good to get sick from time to time.
What have I learned by waiting to get vaccinated? I learned that the efficacy of the vaccines decreases over time and that if I am truly afraid of COVID that I will need at least one booster shot. I learned that the only proven method for not contracting COVID is through proper distancing, not the vaccines. I learned that even if you are vaccinated that you can still contract and transmit the virus. I learned that the vaccines are not as “safe” as being advertised. I learned that the vaccines MAY decrease the risk of serious illness and hospitalizations for those 65 and older. I learned that comparing COVID to Polio is like comparing the taste of an apple to an orange.
Everything I just stated may sound insensitive and that is okay because I am not running for office. Depending on how quickly you read, from the time you started reading this post to now one or more people just had a heart attack and one or more people just died from cardiovascular disease.