I'll take my chances with a virus that has a 99.98% survival rate.
Because the survival rate is actually 99.35% and the hospitalization rate is 5%. Also, the “long-haulers” who suffer residual symptoms for months after “recovery” from infection.
For most people, being likely to survive, but possibly with bad symptoms for a long time including lung and/or brain damage is reason enough to jump at the chance to get a well tested vaccine that’s 95% effective and has very minor side effects for nearly all people.