In the military you get jabbed and medicated for about everything. Once a contractor in the 3rd world there is a laundry list of further jabs and meds recommended but just due to the volume of stuff going into the system you get a bit choosy. Reason as some of it does have side effects and after 27 years I can tell you not every drug or vaccine works out. Several I have taken in the day have even been pulled from the market now.
Vioxx, anti-imflammatory was rushed onto the market , best and most rigorous testing etc. Unfortunately negative effects took a few years to show up and it killed 60,000 people in the 2000's with stroke and heart attack. Thats not a conspiracy, Merck lost the class action suits, admitted to dodgy trials, paid a few billion and pulled the drug. Google it for a fun read..
Another was Meflqaquine the anti malarial given to soldiers now believed to cause severe psychiatric side effects. Several defence forces in the world have that company in court now too.
I took both these drugs in the day in good faith, I slipped the noose and survived( for now, vioxx patients still occasionally fall off the perch years later...)Anyone says to me do you have any solid reason not to take early release meds I say yup, two reasons right there.
Im not anti-vac, still get the normal stuff as needed but like a lot of contractors Im a bit choosey. There is a range of stuff I dont bother with. generally if its not a disease that has a good chance of killing or maiming me, 5-7 year trials, and a good chance of stopping the disease you can jam it.
Not just the covid jab, the others I dont bother with are the Cholera med because its shown to not be overly effective either, rabies vaccines because its a long and expensive course and doesnt prevent rabies after a bite, it just gives you more time to get to the hospital after a bite to get the post rabies shot and in Africa you arent going to find anywhere in time anyway.
Also doxycycline the anti-malarial, doesnt work on some strains of malaria, side effects like photo-sensitivity and disturbed sleep ( ""doxy dreams'' they call them) etc etc.
Peoiple have to realise drugs fail all the time. For every drug on the shelf in a pharmacy there are several that didnt make the grade. Not all are deadly, a lot may just have side effects that make them unsaleable. Some they figure that out later rather than sooner..
Unfortunately in todays Australia there is no middle ground or reasonable choice. The public has been trained that you must be either pro-vac 100% or you are an evil anti-vac whacko who believes the aliens and Bill Gates are releasing 5g nanobots.
One thing thats funny is at work I got accused of being anti-vac for not wanting the covid jab until I explained I have been vaccinated and medicated for more things than everyone there combined( typh, yellow fever, JEV , cholera, etc etc) meanwhile half of them now wont get the 3rd and 4th jab.
So I joke with them they no longer follow the science either and will have to join me on Bill gates mothership when it lands