But you're not protecting anyone, or "taking one for the team". This particular vaccine protects you , or rather, means you'll get an easier form of Covid, not that you won't pass it on. Technically, if we're both in a restaurant, and you're vaccinated, and I'm tested, I'm a whole lot safer for those around me than you. In fact, I'm at risk...because of people like you, untested and left to roam freely because they are vaccinated, yet still carriers. See, this is what I meant by not holding an informed opinion. Yes, past vaccines worked this way, protecting you and those around you, implicitly. But vaccinated people can still carry and spread Covid, as easily as unvaccinated ones. So no, it's not really "for the team", it's for you. And that's fine. That's your choice, but it won't be mine.
Yes, it is done now, but there can be side effects in the long-term future. It's not just the first couple days afterward, it's the rest of your life. Since there are no studies and no research on the topic (since there can't possibly be, since not enough time has passed), there's no way of knowing the side effects. There may be none, indeed. Or they might not.
As for the doctors and nurses, I am sorry they are overworked. I'm sure they've done a lot in these past months. But at the end of the day, most of them became doctors because that's a well paying job that will earn them respect. I'm sure some become medics out of the goodness of their heart, but few.
Lastly, these restrictions are punitive, not "in the interest of safety". Otherwise, tests would be covered by insurance and readily available, as they used to be until very recently in many parts of Europe. As are vaccines, for that matter.
I understand it's easier to think it's for your good, and I also understand it's more comforting to pat yourself on the back for "taking one for the team", but this isn't a real explanation, in my opinion. It's a template. Simply parroting the news doesn't make up an actual explanation.
if 'convenience' is the way to get that last group to 'take one for the team', then so be it.
Really? And you come from a free, democratic country? It's not "so be it", because once my opinion is rendered invalid, it won't be long until yours is, also.
RE: The Selfishness of Not Vaccinating: Choosing What is Easy Over What is Right