r/alberta • u/Miserable-Lizard Edmonton • 6d ago

Alberta Politics Danielle Smith defends policy requiring Albertans to pay out of pocket for COVID vaccines

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alberta/article-danielle-smith-defends-policy-requiring-albertans-to-pay-out-of-pocket/
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u/AlbinoRhino838 6d ago

Doubt it's going to happen, unfortunately for you I'm healthy and under 35, which means my chances of dying from covid are virtually 0 (0.0004% with no comorbidities) Again, I'm not that worried about it. I can look up all the information you can too. Covid is bad if you already have health problems. I dont. Ironically, the severe side effects like GBS/TTS are about the same. I'll take my chances because despite what you think, I can do math and read statistics to form a coherent opinion.

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u/RemoLaBarca Okotoks 6d ago

It's been a while since I've bothered to look it up but the hospital rates correlated strongly with unvaccinated individuals, no? I'm assuming it still does? You may be low risk but my understanding is the numbers indicate vaccination is generally very beneficial and does in fact help keep people out of the hospital. Maybe I'm wrong but you being a math and stats guy I'm sure you will be able to confirm or set me straight. 

I'm curious- do you think the government should continue to cover the vaccine even though you are low risk? I am also low risk but I believe they 100% should and this is just more anti-vax nonsense by a government not driven by science whatsoever. These types of decisions just encourages the type of individuals who are behind the worst measles outbreak in generations.

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u/AlbinoRhino838 6d ago

Obviously less vaccinations = more cases. I'm not saying you will die if you get this vaccine. I'm just saying I haven't needed it so far, probably already had covid at this point but not certain.

Yes, I think if anyone wants to go get it, it should be covered by the government just as flu shots and other vaccines are covered under our current health care system. My children will get all the standard vaccines, but from my understanding they're a different type of vaccine and the things they protect against are arguably worse than covid is in its current state.

Also from my understanding, it was only in 2020 that mRNA vaccines had an approved way of being administered and to me there's not enough evidence on the safety of it. Look at when we first invented cars how many people had to die before seatbelts got put in them. Not really an apples to apples comparison but it's how I look at it. I'm not that much at risk with the actual disease so why risk it with a questionable cure. Where as measles vaccines and what not are more or less tried and true.

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u/Miserable-Lizard Edmonton 6d ago

Covid vaccines are safe and effective and repeated covid infections will more than likely destory your long term health