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As to why, however. It's no big mystery. It's "fun", or at least can be. If you don't feel it's "worth it", that perfectly fine, but we all have a range of what's "worth it" and what's not. Ranging from a Big Mac to cocaine.
*To be clear, I fall in the middle of that range. I don't advocate cocaine.
- Press brake.
- Car moves forward.
- Press brake much harder.
- Car lurches forward.
- Realize you are pressing the wrong pedal.
Currently people are pessimistic about stock market returns going forward so it could be lower (3-3.5%). And even lower if you want it to last longer than 30 years.
Unvaccinated with an omicron infection is not necessarily the same thing, and isn't likely to have as strong an immune response.
If you launch an android-only app, how much of your press-audience are you excluding?
The denominator is higher than if, let’s say, delta was let loose in the same population at the same time.
It was an indirect inspiration for MacRumors' roundups. Where we summarize the current information on a particular product rumor, so you don't have to keep up with the "literature".
Would you only take the first Smallpox vaccine, or would you get the booster every 3 years?
https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd/smallpox/index.html
Adverse reactions (including myocarditis): https://www.cdc.gov/smallpox/vaccine-basics/vaccination-effe...
It also eradicated small pox since the vaccine was mandated.
Example:
(20/100) 20% of patients die without treatment
(10/100) 10% of patients die with treatment
absolute = 10 percentage points difference (20->10)
relative = percent decrease. 20 -> 10 50% difference
The vaccine certainly has side effects and there are going to be rare side effects that are severe.
But considering that 209 million people in the United States have gotten the vaccine -- if there were a high rate of serious side effects, there is no way that would be suppressed.
Even a 1% rate would mean there are over 2 million people that would have been affected.
A few months prior to the AMA survey, Long Term Care Facilities reported a 75% vaccination rate amongst physicians at their facilities. So presumably higher now.
Risk of side effects vs benefit of vaccine.
I am not likely to take an HIV vaccine, since my personal chance of contracting HIV is incredibly low. So any side effect isn't "worth it" -- even a sore arm. But that doesn't mean I'm anti-vaccine.
I also don't wear a bullet proof vest around because it's too heavy ("side effect"). Does that mean I'm anti-bullet proof vest? No. But I would wear a bullet proof vest in a war zone -- even if it's heavy.
If there was a widespread small pox outbreak in the U.S., I'm certain more than 10% of physicians would take the vaccine. Does that mean they were lying before? No.
Meanwhile, 96% of physicians are vaccinated against COVID - https://www.ama-assn.org/press-center/press-releases/ama-sur...
There's a breakdown of which non-profits that includes, including the United Way and other non-profits.