On: Younger Americans benefit less from booster shots ...

[yuliyp]

It's "quite different" but still a tiny number even at 50: 0.4 deaths / 100k per week for the entire 50-64 age group (https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#rates-by-vaccine-s...): that translates to .02% chance of death per year from COVID while vaccinated at all. To contrast, overall mortality rate for the 45-54 age group per year in the US is just under 400 / 100k = 0.4% (page 27 of https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr70/nvsr70-08-508.pdf).

[ajross → yuliyp]

Right, so that potentially 4x increase from skipping the booster takes it to 0.08% total mortality risk, which is 20% of my total overall risk.

You're saying you don't think trading vaccine side effects for a 20% lower risk of death is a good trade? I mean, this seems like a no brainer to me. Are you really saying this is a bad choice?

[yuliyp → ajross]

It's .02% -> .005%, not .08 -> .02. In other words, a few days of life expectancy. I certainly understand your decision, and I made the same decision, but I can also understand reaching an alternative decision about a booster (especially for those younger than you, or those who had worse reactions to the initial vaccine), where the discomfort and hassle might not be worth the small increase in life expectancy.