I weighed up the options and decided it was by far the lower risk option.
I think people need to be free to make that choice.
Freedom is so valuable.
(For comparison, 2021 has 31k gun deaths[1] through September and 21.5k road deaths through the first 6 months.)
[1] https://www.gunviolencearchive.org [2] https://injuryfacts.nsc.org/motor-vehicle/overview/prelimina...
https://www.reuters.com/article/factcheck-vaers-9318/fact-ch...
The more important point that you ignore is people are horrible at weighing relative risk. You're obviously intelligent and aware of the biases inherent in judging vaccination risk. I'm sure you know crossing the street is far more risky. There is a consistent pattern of unvaccinated, dying covid patients claiming they underestimated the risk of the illness and wish they had gotten vaccinated. People are literally unable to make that choice for themselves. There's proof.
What's the point of "freedom" if we're all stuck in our houses hiding from variant after variant because we refuse to acknowledge that our government needs to make a decision that will save lives [1] when our actual survival is at risk.
[1] https://www.healthline.com/health-news/covid-19-vaccines-sav...
I believe these are coercive tactics and the government should avoid coercion at all costs.
We're a small population so it's significant.
https://i.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/126225003/...