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Covid19 kills at a rate of 10-20% in that age group. What's the bigger risk to them do you think?

People who can't do math with risks drive me crazy. No offense meant to you, it's just a button I have lately after arguing with my parents about the risks of the vaccine.

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You have to multiply your 10-20% with the probability to actually contract covid.

Given the prevalence of COVID in all countries (i.e. almost 10% of population of my country were infected already), it is not that low and will only go up exponentially as governments can't hold lockdowns longer. At some point old people will not be able to avoid contracting the virus, and 10-20% of them will die.

Yes, that's obvious. But that's a risk many orders of magnitude worse than the vaccines given what we've seen so far of them.

You're one of those people. The lowest risk might be to vaccinate the rest of the population, thus stop the spread of COVID and avoid the danger of both COVID and the vaccine for the most vulnerable.

We don't have enough vaccine for that.

Governments considered this strategy, but the problem with it how many at risk people would die while we wait to have enough vaccine. I believe not a single country is pursuing this strategy.

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