I understand enough about COVID-19 vaccines to form informed decisions. i do know what vaccines are good for, and where their performance is lacking. I also see that lots of vitriol within the responses to the current question comes from people being plainly misinformed, which is unhappy.
For the record, i'm vaccinated. I studied this subject and made the choice that, for me, the advantages of vaccination outweigh the risks. I understand that the vaccine significantly reduces my chance of great complications (by ~80%), if and once I get Covid, while my probability to induce Covid isn't particularly high.
That being said, I can see why some people haven't made up their minds yet, or decided to not get vaccinated the least bit. With inconsistent and sometimes intentionally misleading messaging from CDC on this subject, aimed toward hitting population vaccination targets by any means necessary, many of us simply don't feel that they're being told the reality. Others, who are young and in fine condition, may feel that they are doing not need the vaccine. and people who board remote locations may feel that their chances to contract Covid are slim anyway.
Getting vaccinated isn't some type of a litmus test for each responsible member of the society, as we were led to believe initially. We were told that getting everyone vaccinated is that the only thanks to deliver us from the pandemic, and people who resist are those responsible if the pandemic doesn't stop. Yet, this philosophy clad to be completely flawed.
Even though vaccines are great at protecting from serious Covid complications, they clad to supply only modest to mediocre protection against infection normally (depending on the vaccine type and time passed after the vaccination). We also discovered that those vaccinated people that do get breakthrough infections are almost as capable of infecting others because the unvaccinated. Overall, a vaccinated person could also be about half as likely to spread the infection - but this can be a far cry from what would be required to prevent the highly-transmissible Delta variant. And if vaccination isn't capable to prevent virus transmission, its value is especially in personal protection from serious Covid disease. Vaccination is, therefore, more of a Covid insurance, instead of social responsibility.
Given this information, I don't feel compelled to demonize my friends or slash with them due to how they feel about the vaccine. i've got some who elected to not get vaccinated, and that we have some discussions on the problems once we want it. I view vaccination as personal choice, which has to be respected. i'm also not freaking out when being around unvaccinated people. Given the little difference within the virus transmission capability between the vaxxed and unvaxxed, it's wise to not make any distinction between the 2 in terms of Covid safety protocol (for example, wear masks as required etc.)
