Thank you for your polite and reasoned response. From what I can see, most of the experts nationally are advising folks to take the vaccine.
And yes, most of the kooks are on the anti-vaxx side. They most certainly muddy the waters.
But here’s the thing. I have talked to medical professionals in my family. And I have talked to doctors I know. I respect those folks. And there’s no clear consensus at all.
It’s maddening.
P.S. I think the solution might be to have a debate, maybe on CSPAN. Have two respected pro-vaxxers debate two respected anti-vaxxers. Let each side probe the objections of the other side. That would be most helpful.
I am not anti vaxxer. I just distrust a never before tested methodolovy for inducing an immune response messing with the protein manufacturing rna/dna in my cells. Could they have used a less harmful antigen beside spike protein? Could they have blocked spike protein assisted entry of virus into the cell using chemicals/biomolecules?
Never seen such trust in one experimental methodology for treatment.