Convince Me To Get The Vaccine

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5. Maybe this will help:

It's about comparing risks. We know that the risk of long-term effects from Covid is high, whereas although we haven't proven that there are no long-term effects from the vaccine (because there haven't been long-term studies) there isn't any evidence that there would be.

And if you don't get a vaccine, you will be at risk every time you interact with anyone until the virus is eradicated--which will only happen if the vast majority of people get a vaccine. So there is an ethical component as well: people who are getting the vaccine are helping not just themselves, but many, many others. And every person who doesn't get vaccinated increases the odds that we never get the virus under control.

I feel for you. It is very hard to do something despite a phobia. Kudos for being self-aware enough to realize that the phobia is coloring your thinking and asking for help.