phungi wrote: ↑Tue Aug 03, 2021 9:40 amI am attempting to understand the decision to not get vaccinated, having abandoned any thought/hope that posting medical data and research might provide some context or sway intentions. In my world, false positives/false negatives (Type 1/Type II Errors) often describe the merit of a finding, or the risk of accepting results (e.g., False Positive: a person passes a driving test when they should not be on the road, versus a False Negative: A person is told they cannot drive when they are capable of being on the road)
I tried to explain vaccinations using this rubric. Please tell me what I got wrong or what I am missing
Type I Error (False Positive): I got the vaccine but didn't need it
Pros:Cons:
- I decreased my likelihood of getting COVID
- I decreased my likelihood of transmitting COVID to others who are not vax'd, including kids under the age of 12
- Were I to get COVID, I decreased the likelihood of serious illness, hospitalization, and death
- I decreased the likelihood of significantly taxing the health care industry
- More ER/ICU beds available
- Fewer COVID cases so people able to get treatment for other emergencies
- Fewer COVID cases so people able to get elective surgeries
Type II Error: I didn't get the vaccine but needed it
- I allowed a vaccine into my body, and it might have negative consequences down the road
- I allowed the government to control me
Cons:Pros:
- I got COVID, and
- Transmitted it to other people who were not vax'd, including kids under the age of 12
- My symptoms were worse than they would be were I vax'd
- I needed to go to the ER/needed treatment in the ICU
- I died
- I didn't allow a vaccine into my body
- The government didn't control me
Why should a healthy person who had covid get vaxxed?
Or why should I get vaxxed? Genuinely curious why you think......