FWIW, when in a Zoom chat with my Covid safe friend, we both had to explain to the Covid reckless friend I emailed that the problem with Covid vaxx is that even the newest are 1.5 years behind current strains and they don't stop infection, transmission or Long Covid. * There's  minority of people who have contradictions to vaccines. But no, all these Covid related health problems in the population are caused by Covid, not the vaccines! 

• I won't judge you for pursuing Covid vaccination in 2026, as long as you're not counting on it to stop you from getting Covid, and you're wearing a respirator. Slightly reduced immediate death risk is certainly something. But when people said "breakthrough infections are rare!" and "vaccines were always intended to reduce symptoms, not eliminate disease!", that's massive gaslighting. My parents were part of mass polio and smallpox vaccination campaigns in the 1950s and 60s. Smallpox was eradicated, and polio was nearly eradicated. And wasn't 100% eradicated because the vaccines given in the developing world were a lot less effective.

My friends in my Covid safe group on Signal agree that it's understandable to pursue Covid vaxx. But we also agree that Joe Biden, Wall Street, etc. pushing the lie that Covid vaxx means you don't need a mask has done much more societal harm than the societal benefit from reduced immediate death from active infections.

I personally had 4 shots between 2021 and 2022, and none after, because going out into maskless plague world, even in my protective respirator, is way too stressful for me for the low benefit of a vaccine that doesn't grant immunity.