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> avoiding what have been called long-COVID effects.

Long covid is a fabrication. Every disease carries effects that can last for several months after recovery. That's not "long" if it's not chronic.

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I think we’re splitting hairs here about terminology. You say that long covid is a fabrication but people can have effects lasting months after recovery. And maybe I’m not using long-COVID in a standard way.

But what I’m fundamentally saying is that if one of the potential benefits is me NOT feeling like garbage for a month or more then I think that shoulder enter into the risk-benefit calculus.

I don't disagree, but what are the odds? There's a decent chance the vaccine itself will make you feel like garbage, perhaps not for a month. Then there's a chance you will get some other infection after vaccination, because your immune system is now busy dealing with a fake COVID infection. Then, there's decent chance you will get infected with COVID after a few months anyway, even symptomatically. What I'm missing is a holistic analysis of the health outcomes. See also my other comment.

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