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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here.  I am willing to accept a lot of risk in my life as long as I have done the basic things to mitigate obvious known risks. I ride on a bicycle with a helmet and I only ride in cars with seat belts and air bags.  I do these things even though I know that I could still die in an accident while taking these precautions. But just because I could still die taking those precautions is not a reason to refuse the precautions which lower the risk.  I look at vaccination the same way.

[b]Her argument is that she could still infect them while vaccinated so getting vaccinated has no value[/b]. I would be willing to accept the small risk of her having a breakthrough infection as long as she had taken the basic precaution (vaccination) to reduce that risk.

I don't want to teach her a lesson, I just want the most basic steps to reduce the risk taken.  I can never eliminate risk but I want to mitigate it and keep living our lives without fear.

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Someone pointed out on another thread that this is a 'black or white' type thinking when the situation is really grey.  It's not that vaccines are/aren't 100% effective.  They are not.  But, that doesn't mean they are of no value.  They reduce the likelihood of getting the virus, and if you do get it, reduce it's symptoms and likelihood of transmitting it to someone else.  But, I know I'm preaching to the choir on this thread.[/quote]

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