When the pandemic started I took a hard look at me and my family's health. By the time a vaccine was being distributed I had lost 50lbs by simply changing my diet, I improved numerous health markers in the process as you can imagine.
You may not like my message but I assure you I practice it.
Do you think this is the last pandemic we will ever see ? If we make the vaccine out to be more than what it is (a band aid) we won't get ahead of the next virus.
My wife’s a cousin who is a teenager (so low risk), not obese (the most important factor according to you), and in high school track (so athletic) had COVID symptoms for
months and ended up with heart damage.
I’m going with the vaccine.
I think the problem here is you successfully lost a lot of weight with some self control and a sensible diet and feel that it protects you and anyone can have these benefits. Many people who experience something beneficial evangelize their experience.
Alcoholics who stop drinking cans start to vehemently hate alcohol. People who become born again want to convert everyone around them.
So your argument appears to be biased towards your own experience.
For me, I put on enough extra COVID pounds that I qualified (barely) for the vaccine last month. Now I’m dieting and have lost 8lbs in the last couple of weeks. Getting the vaccine and losing weight will reduce my risk to myself and others much more than simply losing weight would.