I'm no fan of un-Constitutional regulation (yea...I know...you're shocked) but one positive dimension to the FDA's NDA (new drug application) process is consistency and discipline around data collection and recording. In short, if these vaccines had followed the normal vs EUA process, we'd have (in theory) structured monitoring and consistent application of testing and recording of the post-shot impacts.
In part, because these things were released under the EUA, there is ZERO mandate to collect and record these situations in any consistent or accurate manner. Indeed, if I put on my tinfoil hat, I'd think they WANT these situations to be "undocumented" so that any worries about the vaccines can be labeled as crackpot or hysterical.
I'll say it again: I can totally understand why someone 65+ will take the chance with the vaccine. I can also understand why they'd opt out. For most people below 65, the vaccine seems overkill statistically but maximizImg utility isn't about statistics always.
This kind of undocumented bedlam isn't helpful for discernment. But then, quoth Grampa Dave, this B$ has never been about improving your health nor our families’ health.
For most people below 65, the vaccine seems overkill statistically but maximizImg utility isn't about statistics always. Obligatory reminder/citation for the record (not in response):
A resident FR vaxxer who self-identifies as a 'practicing' MD refuses to address my challenge to justify exposing 2/3 of the population - the healthy, productive component - to a wholly-experimental combination of compounds when the risk of death to this virus is statistically HALF that for dying in a car crash (statistically the same if ALL "Deaths Involving COVID-19 and pneumonia" are included).
Ironically, my rough estimate of the risk of death by the virus for children is approximately the same as the hysterical claims cited as the "very low risk of death" from 'vaccine adverse events'.
Yeah: Lies, damned lies and statistics, i.e 'truths' vs. Facts. Libs vs. Conservatives. Dumbasses vs. Thinkers. /s C'est la vie.