that makes sense

What I mean by this is that it makes sense that people with vaccines still aren't immune to a flu virus - because nobody ever is. This much isn't anecdotal.

I remember when I was in school I'd get sick just like what I got now multiple times each year cause we're kids and dirty gits. Sure, not a 'flu', but this second round is more cold-like than flu-like anyway. It's presumably mutated into something much weaker so it can spread much more easily; the ultimate goal of a virus.

It's not like I don't disagree with you being cautious though, especially if you got older or weaker people around. It's definitely behaving differently to what we're accustomed to, to say the least. And we can't even rule out yet whether or not there was a manufactured element to it (though I'd attribute incompetence over malevolence whenever it comes to China)

I just think I personally have a lot more to worry about than a stuffy nose which might come with some other side effects down the line yet to be determined; my tinnitus, slipped disks, fucked up toe, weird heartbeat, broken family.

I suppose I've had a very different experience overall from most people outside of China. All the politics and scandals and theories were all just distant news gossip while I collected dirty rainwater in pans to drink.

fuck you up regardless of how mild your symptoms were on (re)infection.

And some athletes suddenly die from heart attacks in peak health; doesn't stop athletes doing their thing. I suppose for me, it's important to balance my quality of life. I can worry to the extent that I live a life of safe misery, or I can live the way I intend to, with an added slight risk factor that my sense of smell goes a bit weird or something (curious to these credible researches you're touching on about re-infection effects)