British Columbia

Can anyone provide a reason for why someone should get their first covid shot?

Not being an expert in epidemiology with a life-time history of study and experience, I trust those we've appointed as the experts.

So I ask their reps whether I should. Those reps tell me I should, and that the risks are so low that driving to the pharmacy makes a difference in the risk as a whole, and that I can prevent Nana from getting a serious disease which is still affecting things as a local drop-in clinic was shut down over last weekend.

So I trust the accredited experts with a statistically mind-numbingly obvious question and do the thing with obscenely low risk that will prevent me from picking up a death sentence for my nana on the airplane if I ride a train to the airport and fly to go see her.

And, ultimately, the reason one should get their first covid shot is because they're no longer an anti-vax tinfoil-hat weirdo? THat'll be the number one, so I'm just playing the odds.