Well, we made substantial changes to car safety since 1970, and auto deaths are down to less than 1/6 of what they were at that time. So, even though the auto death rate was less then than we see under COVID today, society saw fit to make changes. We are doing the same today.No, the numbers aren't dropping off due to vaccinations. It's dropping because that's the normal and natural course of events for a viral pandemic.
Sorry, I don't have the time, energy or motivation right now to check your math, but even assuming your 10 times factor is correct, the probability is still so small as to be negligible and reasonably ignored when going about normal, everyday life. As normal, reasonable people do when driving to work or shopping or play or school.
You're still not scaring me and no normal, reasonable person should be scared.
Trying to get people to make rational risk/ benefit calculations should not be about fear, but reason. I am not personally afraid of dying, but I am aware that there is a danger to myself (as a material and psychological resource for my family), but more importantly, others, so I have made the rational decisions necessary to protect my loved ones. Sometimes that means carrying a firearm, sometimes getting a vaccination.
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