That's the point... We don't know if vaccines will prevent more virulent variants or if it will give rise to more virulent variants. What we do know is that the virus has remained rather stable in terms of virulence without the presence of vaccines.It is very difficult to argue with someone who's mind is already made up. We are not talking about stopping this disease - we are talking about lowering all the risks associated with its continued spread, including the unnecessary death of others, various Covid-19 side effects, and of course the emergence of new variants, which we know vaccines will help with.
I am not arguing that people shouldn't be vaccinated. I am arguing that these vaccines be used in the elderly and the vulnerable while the rest get on with acquired infection for various reasons.
SARS CoV vaccines have a history of disease enhancement but let's be clear the phenomena is not only due to vaccinations. It happens with natural infections too. The problem is that governments are looking to vaccinate just about everybody which may exacerbate the fallout should disease enhancement indeed become a thing.I am not familiar with the discussion around ADE, but my brief review of material over lunch shows while this is a risk, as with many other treatments, it's about weighing up the benefits vs the costs, and the costs appear to be lower than we have to lose. I'll need to read up more on this particular point before I can properly respond to it.
