Yes, the bottom line for me is that the benefits of getting vaccinated far outweigh the potential harms. And yes, I do believe in vaccine injury from any kind of vaccine (not just mRNA.) I also agree that one should not get vaccinated while having an active Covid infection or maybe for 1 to 3 months after a Covid infection. Ask your doctor. Then ask another one. Doctors are learning in real time about this novel virus, like we all are.

Thanks for pointing out that those of us who do get vaccinated end up protecting the entire population, including people who choose not to get vaccinated. That said, booster uptake here in the US is dismal. It is prior infections that are fueling the rapid mutations of the virus. It’s bad. I do not see any slowing down of mutations, or tempering of them.

I can’t agree that the current variants are “milder”. I had BA1, the first omicron to be deemed “mild”, and it was anything but. I lost 18 months of my life to it. The recent lower death rates have been explained to me as people not being able die twice. We have successfully wiped out our most vulnerable population with anti-vax and anti-mask nonsense.

I’m part of the post Covid syndrome clinic at Mount Sinai in NYC. The smartest thing they have told me is that if anybody tells you they understand Covid, they have absolutely no idea what they’re talking about. We are at least 10 years from understanding what is happening to us.

Chilling. Stay safe.