That's the thing about science. It doesn't matter whether your believe or don't believe.
If there is evidence that these adverse reactions have occurred in a statistically significant portion of the population, there will be documented evidence to support that.
Also, I'd like to point out that there is a difference between "side effects" and "adverse reactions" that may be relevant to your interests. Here's a good explanation breaking down the difference and why it's relevant to this discussion:
https://www.iwpharmacy.com/blog/side-effect-vs.-adverse-event
So your experience is that people who didn't get vaccinated believe they were right?
Do you think that is statistically relevant in any way?
People will believe credible links. That's not what you've posted. We can't even find the slide you posted in the 8 hour video you posted. Can you?
From a personal, anecdotal standpoint, I will freely admit to you that after every single Covid vaccine I've gotten except the first one, I've had an adverse reaction. I get fever, chills, extreme fatigue, and a splitting headache. It basically feels like I have the flu for about a day to a day and a half. This has happened for me for the first booster, the second booster, and the bivalent booster. It's like clockwork - I can count on it. I don't look forward to it. It's really uncomfortable.
It also isn't in any way dangerous (because there's no real disease), and I haven't gotten COVID yet. So the tradeoff is still probably worth it to me.
I will also tell you that last month, I had an adverse reaction to Bactrim DS, an antibiotic. This drug, and its generic sulfamethoxazole/trimethoprim, has been approved for use since the 1960s, and is on the WHO's list of essential medicines due to how effective it is as an antibiotic for a wide range of bacteria and parasites. It's been proven time and time again to be a completely safe, helpful drug.
However, this antibiotic that's been used for over 50 years, for all kinds of infections, put me in the hospital twice last month. I had the following adverse effects:
- Rash over my whole body
- Fever of 103 degrees
- Headache
- Thrombocytopenia (I'm throwing in the scary sounding ones, too!)
- Arthralgia
- Extreme dehydration
- Kidney damage
- Immune system suppression
How could this drug that has been safe for so many people for so many years be so dangerous for me? Am I allergic to the drug?
Well, actually no. With the exception of maybe the rash, these symptoms are not how allergies present. No, it's simply the interaction of this particular drug with my particular physiology that doesn't work. It's now a documented drug I can't take because I'm particularly sensitive to it, for whatever reason.
Does that mean the drug is now no longer safe and should be pulled from the shelves for everyone in the world? Of course not. It's a safe, reliable, and effective drug for almost everyone in almost every case. But every drug has a chance of adverse reaction for a particular individual. It's just the nature of all drugs, including Tylenol, ibuprofen, chemotherapy, and COVID vaccines.
My personal anecdote is statistically insignificant, even if it actually happened, and was documented two separate times last month, proving I couldn't tolerate the drug. My personal anecdotes about my reactions to COVID vaccines are also statistically insignificant, even if they actually happened, and I can get consistently repeatable results every time I take the vaccine.
It doesn't matter. My personal physiological difficulties with the drugs just don't outweigh the overall benefits for pretty much everyone else, either in the case of Bactrim, or in the case of COVID vaccines.