Unreal1
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What iformation sources do you trust?
The facts are very clear and depend a bit on how vaccinated the population is and the type of vaccine.
The UK has a higher rate of vaccinated people getting ill - but many have only one jab and the majority of people were vaccinated with Astra Zeneca.
In the US, well over 95% of the new cases are amongst those who are not vaccinated. The majority of the remaining 5% are those with some sort of significant pre-existing condition and over 50 years old.
Virtually no vaccinated person under 50 who gets sick ends up in hospital - at worst, they have severe flu symptoms for less than a week - that certainly beats being on a ventilator and ending up six feet under.
Please do your own research on places other than this forum. You can research sites in the UK, Germany, Austria and the US. I'll be happy to provide links if you like.
There are very few valid reports of significan adverse effects of getting vaccinated. Females under 50 may want to get Pfizer or Moderna although the adverse effects of the J&J aren't much higher than in the general population.
I've got no dog in this fight, but there are no downsides of getting vaccinated unless your doctor advises against it for you.
I don't really have a preferred source. As long as it's based on verifiable data, that's all that matters to me. A study out of England has the delta fatality rate at .08% among unvaccinated. So unless that number is wrong, this variant is less lethal. I fully expect the majority of cases to be among unvaccinated, that doesn't really have any bearing on the severity of the disease though, which is the only thing I'm questioning. Based on my research, I'm not seeing what the new fear is all about. But, I'm open minded and want to make sure there's not something I'm missing.