For the record, there are good studies on clinical trial success/failure here and here which clearly show that these shots haven't been subject to comparable rigor. Thus, I totally get your point.
I'll even go further, and state that releasing these shots under EUAs was ok. This isn't the flu. It's a nasty virus that kills immunocompromised people disproportionately. Many people with comorbidities can and have done their weighing of pros and cons with the proviso that those shots haven't run a full race yet. It's like declaring who will win a baseball game at the end of the top half of the first inning. And that's a personal decision, and as your background shows, everyone's experience varies...that's freedom of choice, not anti-vaxx.
Mandating these shots is unconscionable. I don't care if Trump loves them or if Rand Paul (who wins 2021 Man of the Year for his gain of function questioning) hopes people get them. They're still under EUA and the declining Efficacy show the importance of long trials.
In closing, this HP 12c thread was one of the most entertaining.
As to the mRNA injections, you rightly see they are “still under EUA and the declining Efficacy [ which ] show the importance of long trials.” For those who wish to voluntarily participate, I have no problem for the choice theirs, but it is and remains an experiment. To mandate participation in an experiment is unconscionable, and in that I think we also agree.