In 2020 I was 65. By mid-summer there were fatality rate charts based on age and sex and FWIW they haven’t changed much since then. For a male my age the FR was 1.452%. IOWs a survival rate of 98.55%
The vax was coming but no one knew if it would be a year, two years or what and no one knew much about mRNA tech. but I looked at that fatality rate and decided then I would never take a vax. Based on the FR alone I considered it absurd.
And the rates just went down down down the younger the age groups were.
It was about much more than mere “fatality rates” and at this point you should know that quite well. I know many people who “survived” but would never want to go through that living hell again. Also know people who “survived” but their lives will never be the same again. And unfortunately know a number of people who are no longer with us, and even more who lost family members and dear friends - one person losing both his mother and younger brother within a weak. All of them would have been very happy to have had this vaccine before that occurred and possibly avoided going through all of that and probably still having their loved ones with them.
I agree regarding the stats. At the time, I followed them very closely.
Regarding the vax, the promotional campaigns for an unvetted drug were beyond insane. And the massive absence of discretion and submission was very disheartening.