Thread by @firefoxx66

I want to repeat what others have said:

**If you do not get vaccinated against SARS-CoV-2, you /will/ get infected one day.**

We won't eliminate SARS-CoV-2.
The choice isn't "vaccine or not" - it's "vaccine or infection". This is critical for weighing up risks/unknowns.

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If the mindset is "vaccine or not", it is easy to think that waiting & watching is safer, because you stay in 'nothing happens' territory.

But this isn't accurate. As we see now: unvaccinated people are where cases are spiking & this is going to remain true for a long time.

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I still hear concern from people about the 'unknown long-term effects' of vaccination.

But what I don't hear people also considering is the unknown long-term effects of COVID-19.

Or a fair comparison of the well-known shorter-term effects & risks of both.

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So if you are not yet vaccinated & could be, please sit with this idea: When you get COVID-19, what is your risk?

Because the short-term risks are extremely real & serious - & the long-term damage risk & severity of Long COVID is only just starting to be understood.

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Weighing up our risks is natural, & important. But we must honestly acknowledge what the choices are - & at this point, 'neither' just isn't an option long-term.

Vaccination not only protects you - it protects others.

Now is the time. Please get vaccinated if you can.

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