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The author mentioned the risk is 2x higher but what is the risk of the original variant itself ? The author didn't mention that.

The author spends a section on that, including a chart. Search for this passsage to see the chart:

The IFR (Infected Fatality Rate4) for the original variant was about 0.01% for those in their 20s and 0.2% for those in their 40s.

>The IFR (Infected Fatality Rate4) for the original variant was about 0.01% for those in their 20s and 0.2% for those in their 40

Thanks, so 2x of that is 0.02% and 0.4%, that was my point: 2x of a low rate is still low

I don’t think anyone is arguing 20-somethings should be getting the vaccine for (their own) risk of ending up dead.

The risk is low but not even healthy 20 year olds should disregard a 2/10000 risk of preventable death.

Its a choice, at least for me there is a lot of thing in life that a lot more worrying than 2/10000 risk of preventable death