To Covid Vax or Not to Covid Vax

Firstly, I did not get Vaxed.
I wasn't brainwashed into not wanting it by Fox News or Qanon.
I feel it was pushed through too quickly. There hasn't been enough time, in my personal opinion, to know what the big picture will bring.

A few things bother me about the many arguments I have participated in and seen on here regarding this.
If a person wants to take measures to attempt to not get this virus than by all means get the Vax. Why do I have to get it for you to be safe from it??? This confuses me.

The last thing I saw mentioned the over crowded E-Rooms because of the un-vaxed getting the virus. Wouldn't this imply that we should also ban mass transit being as if a bus or train has a crash then more people than an E-Room can handle could need treatment??

It seems to be an easy choice either way you lean but proof dictates that it isn't that simple.
No one is arguing over the Flu Vax. Aren't people worried that if I don't get it then they may contract it even though they have taken that Vax??

Apparently I am missing a keystone in my tunnel because I am lost on this.

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ElwoodBlues · M

There is no perfectly safe path in life; I think vaccination is better than facing Covid unvaccinated. The mRNA vaccines, after something like 1 billion doses worldwide, have had a really good track record. If you decide to get vaccinated, Moderna or Pfizer are the best choices - best protection & lowest probability of side effects.

My wife & I both got Pfizer as soon as we were eligible, and got our boosters recently. The original doses resulted in sore arms; the day after the booster we each had several hours of what felt like a very mild fever. This seems to be common for the booster 6 mo after 2 doses. It means your immune system has plenty of antibodies available to attack the booster.

Dainbramadge · 56-60, M

@ElwoodBlues I already mentioned this in another comment but it seems to fit here as well.
My dad, sis and brother inlaw had the Vax. I didn't nor my brother and his family or my kids or their mother and her husband.
Everyone got it except my sis inlaw, brother inlaw and sister.
I was the only one that had to be hospitalized besides dad and he passed from complications from it.
So I am sure there is data here that could be useful with my question but I can't see what I wanted to know from it. LOL
Main thing I think I should mention is everyone else said it just felt like the Flu and they just rode it out.