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Originally Posted by Rain Man
I think that's a reasonable way to put it. If I had gotten Covid early and recovered, I would've been less urgent about getting the vaccine. I would've still gotten it, because I haven't heard that there's a risk in the vaccine that exceeds the risk of getting Covid a second time (and other stuff like helping to defend society against variants). But if there's a risk that I'm not aware of, then yeah, weighing the risks of a second round of Covid versus the risks of a vaccine makes sense.
I feel like some are making the argument that it's better to get Covid going forward than to get the vaccine, and that's the argument that makes no sense at all to me. Getting Covid while unvaccinated to build natural immunity is a bad bet to make compared to getting vaccinated.
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Time will tell, I am in my early 50's, barely, and healthy with no comorbidities. I am not disappointed that I got Covid. I was rundown and some slight cold symptoms for 5-6 days and came through nicely, as do most people that are healthy and less than 60. Some studies show that this natural immunity could last for years and years, if so, that beats the heck out of getting a shot every fall.