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It's unreasonable to ignore these abuses. If the pro-vaccine argument is so persuasive, why must they perpetrate censorship and coercion?

Vaccines are widely recommended because they offer enormous benefits. However, they are not without risk or contraindications. People who claim otherwise are spreading misinformation.

People are right to be worried about the COVID-19 vaccines. Without proper studies, their risks and benefits are unknown. We're discovering this information by observing what's happening to the humans who took the vaccines after the fact. This is less than ideal, to put it mildly.

COVID-19 happens to be a potent enough disease that the potential benefit of these vaccines outweighs the risks. We must still be careful though. It's possible that we'll find that the benefits outweigh the risks only for certain age groups, for example.



Are you not ignoring the unknown long term risks of having had Covid here? Those are equally unknown.


That's whataboutism


No, because both of those unknown factors affect the cost-benefit analysis of taking the vaccine.


No, I'm not.

> COVID-19 happens to be a potent enough disease that the potential benefit of these vaccines outweighs the risks.

I'm saying it's entirely reasonable to be concerned about the safety of these vaccines.




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