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Originally Posted by Love2Swim

Uh, yeah , so? Everyone who smokes doesn't get lung cancer. Does that mean it's okay to smoke? Not very good logic. Everyone who gets Covid certainly isn't going to end up in the hospital or die, but your chances are radically increased for the unvaccinated.I read that a million people died of Covid in 2020 before the vaccines were available, and that number is obviously much smaller now that we have been vaccinated. I read that in 2022, since the majority of Americans had been vaccinated, the number of Covid Deaths for the unvaccinated were about 8 times higher than that of the unvaccinated. No vaccine is 100% effective, but vaccination, and boosters for the elderly who may not mount a good immune response to the primary series, reduces the risk.

And one thing people neglect to mention are the effects of having long Covid. I have a relative who lost his sense of smell, and ended up losing 20 pounds because he can't taste food anymore.

Maybe Covid was just running its course. People who were vaccinated have also gotten long Covid. I’m not saying the vaccines don’t work I’m just saying there are a lot of variables and we may never know for sure. I don’t however have a lot of confidence in the boosters.