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Old 04-26-2021, 10:38 AM
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Originally Posted by LiverpoolWalrus View Post
There are two sides to this. I say "what's the point of getting vaccinated if infected people have a 80-90% chance of having nothing more than mild symptoms" (source is listed in my previous post about this, but it's pretty common knowledge.) And if you're vaccinated and get infected, you have a 95% chance of having nothing more than mild symptoms. I'm not sure an unapproved vaccine is worth only about a 5% upgrade in one's chances of an uneventful outcome.

On the other hand, by all accounts, the vaccine will assure you of a 0% chance of hospitalization or death. So that's a considerable argument in favor of the vaccine.
Very nice explanation but, seriously, did you really feel the need to educate this poster on something that has been common knowledge for months now?
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