[rstuart4133]

> whoops i made the incorrect assumption that AZ was mrna.

Oddly, I've seen a few people stridently arguing against all vaccines say this just recently. You're right in saying AstraZeneca was rushed through. I think that was understandable under the circumstances. I sought it out when there were no other vaccines were available, but I am in the high risk group. It would have been madness for the younger population to do the same, but that would have been difficult as the government put age restrictions on it as soon as the side effects became apparent.

Until speaking with you here I didn't realise the general anti-vaccination sentiment it stirred up. That will cause far more deaths than the VITT it triggered.

Thanks for the chat.

[Aeglaecia]

'as soon as the side effects became apparent' occurred a few months after millions upon millions of youth had already taken AZ. this was a tradeoff for having protected your demographic, which i agree is a positive note from that particular perspective.

indeed vaccination levels have notably dipped across the west as a result of this entire debacle. it will make for a great comparison in a few years when we can calculate excessive deaths across more diseases than simply covid. thank you for handling this discussion in a respectful manner, its very difficult to talk about these things productively. all the best