The anecdotal stories of 20-30 year-old, TRULY healthy people getting severely ill and/or dying is still such a far cry from what we are seeing on a macro level. If you are under the age of 40, and you do not have a history of heart conditions, diabetes, AIDS/HIV, auto-immune disorders, etc., then your net gain from the vaccine is statistically insignificant against the odds of recovering naturally as a whole. Yes, it reduces your chances of dying, but it doesn't reduce transmission - which would be the most important factor for young people.
So we know there are 22,115,000+ cases AT A MINIMUM in people under 40. We know this is the MINIMUM because there are no estimates for ASYMPTOMATIC UNTESTED cases. It is a complete unknown. ESPECIALLY in young people. This 22 million plus is only the number of positives reported to health authorities.
Now we know that just under 35,000 people have died (under the age of 40). We also know that the majority of these people have lung issues, cancer, diabetes, and the #1 correlated health issue AND the world's #1 killer... obesity. Obesity is a more significant predictor than AGE!
So 0.158% of people under age of 40 who get this die. That's not 15.8%, but 0.158% And we know that's the MAXIMUM because the numbers do NOT include asymptomatic, untested cases. Out of 2000 cases, 3 people under the age of 40 die. And we can assume that they are extremely unhealthy, right? Given that 1997 people survive?
Come on. This is totally overblown. We are cancelling sports, sending children into isolation due to exposure, etc. etc. GTFOOH.
I understand the concerns of the hospitals. My wife works in pain management. But haven't the unhealthy ALWAYS abused and misused the E.R.? Now you're just getting a much larger influx of cases of people who are not well, in combination with burn out from the medical field. "available beds" is a misnomer - our hospital system isn't out of BEDS (there are dozens of empty rooms) - they are out of EMPLOYEES to take care of them. Because of the burnout, lack of pay, and vaccine mandates. These people were heroes, but now they're villains if they don't take a shot they likely don't need? These people have robust immune systems because of their exposures over time. They're the LAST people that should be getting mandated; why don't we start with CONGRESS since the average age is 57 and 63 in the House and Senate respectively???? No...?