(07-11-2021, 05:21 AM)kiwi Wrote: The government line is that being vaccinated keeps you out of hospital and makes you contagious for a shorter length of time.
But I don't trust this government. There's so many conflicting stories going around.
I've heard of people dying shortly after receiving the vaccine. Young and middle aged healthy people. But they don't show on the government websites (CARM?). I also read that the government is not updating it's website.
Firstly, it's not the government's line. It's the line of every vaccine expert in the world. 
Secondly, "I've heard of people dying" is not a valid argument. Provide facts, not just lines you've read on social media.
And lastly, regarding the VAERS database (which is updated monthly), even if those 79 deaths WERE linked to the vaccine (highly unlikely), that's 79 deaths out of 3.7 million people vaccinated. That's 0.002%. The chance to die from COVID is thousands of times higher. And that doesn't take long COVID and hospitalisations into account.
The chance of the vaccine killing you is so incredibly low that if you're worried about it, you should never drive a car again. Or even go outside, as the chance of dying in a freak accident is much higher.
Every medication has a risk and benefit. Even panadol. Did you know birth control has about a 1% risk of causing blood clots over 10 years of use? But it's one of the most commonly used drugs in the world. But we take the medication because the benefit outweighs the risk. 
Get jabbed so we can get out of this damn lock down.