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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QuixoticSoul · 41-45, M

Why do I have to get it for you to be safe from it?

The general goal is to keep your local medical facilities from being overrun with anti-vaxers like has happened over and over during severe outbreaks.

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??

If that becomes a frequent enough occurrence, we might - but in general mass transit is extremely safe.

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??

If the flu kills over half a million Americans despite us pulling out all the stops to limit its spread - you will definitely see flu vaccine mandates, etc.

Dainbramadge · 56-60, M

@QuixoticSoul You know what bothers me the most about mass transit??
Despite the availability and known benefits to having seat belts and airbags, mass transit doesn't utilize either. I have to wonder what is the motivating factor to not utilize these. Is it because data doesn't support the need for them because of low incident rate?
I am a black or white thinker. I don't try to be it just happens. To me, if seat belts and air bags are a benefit, then why not include everyone?
I may have just made a pro-vaxer out of myself with that analogy.

My experience so far with this virus is, for the most part, it is just a case of a flu type thing. You get it. You get sick. You stay home. You get better. Life goes on.
Given the law of averages and what my family went through with this, do you think that people are just over reacting? When I finally went to the hospital it was because my blood oxy had dropped to 84. My chest felt heavy and I was struggling to catch my breath. There was upper congestion that no matter what I did would not move. A week before that I was sick and felt like I had the Flu so I knew what it was because my dad went through this and was now in the hospital. But, when I got to the hospital and told them I had tested positive and all the other stuff that was happening they put me in a separate room with one other guy. I was panting for breath the whole time I was being checked in but the other guy seemed fine. I overheard him tell the nurse that he didn't feel well and his wife told him to go there.
So, to me, he was there just because he had Covid not because he was in dire need of hospital assistance. So did a lot of people do this as well?
Out of the seven other people in my family that got it I was the only one who needed to be hospitalized. My dad, one of three vaxed, was the only death.
I am sure someone smarter than myself could extrapolate some info from my personal stats that would mirror national averages.