Will you be taking a booster?

Jesus, I hope you're joking about your occupation. If you're an engineer and didn't think that there was a downside to wearing a seatbelt, e.g. strangulation, drowning or my fire example, then that's very worrisome for your career prospects. As someone who previously lectured first year engineers, where I discussed the pros and cons of both airbags and seatbelts and why we use both, I found your statement very weird.

That and the fact that you think that an evidence-based person would consider only what happens to themselves, certainly not something an engineer would say.

Even this statement is weird. If you crash your car and someone reaches in as your car starts smoking up, they cannot see your seat belt buckle. It would be more likely that they could pull you free if you're not wearing your belt. Likewise, that red button you mentioned? That can become damaged and stop working if you are in an accident.

A truly bizarre claim of your occupation, I hope it's a joke.

I don't see how that has anything to do with the post you are replying to.

What a bizarre reply. Would you like to explain why you didn't know that seatbelts have lead to deaths that otherwise would have been prevented? You don't have to be an engineer to know that, just an adult.

Also, it's "you're", not "your", you've made that mistake a few times. I hope you have someone else to fill out those forms when submitting proposals for your factories.

You "got me" after I had to explain to you why you we were wrong.

Would you like to explain how you, as an engineer, came to this conclusion?

If you realise that there is negligible risk, then you would instead state that the analogy was good as vaccines also have a negligible risk. Instead, you've realised that you made an embarrassment statement, and further embarrassed yourself by stating that you're in a career where you most definitely should not have made such an embarrassing statement, and are now backtracking on what you stated.

That is clearly not what you meant give then context. More backtracking?

Are you going to defend any of your comments? You, as an engineer, stated that there is no downside to wearing a seatbelt and could also not foresee any situation where the "big red button" wouldn't work, couldn't be seen or couldn't be reached in a car accident. Any defence of your statements at all?

So, explain why it is therefore a bad analogy, because you seem to be highlighting that it's a good analogy and are therefore disagreeing with your own statement.

And no defence of your "there’s a big red button that releases the catch" statement I take it?

There are a multitude of illnesses that may be due to social habits, or not, the treatment of which are currently being affected by Covid hospitalisations. Few of us are without family members who need hospital treatments due to acute or chronic conditions, the treatment of which has been altered by Covid admissions. Personally, even though I work as a Dentist, a profession which is probably the closest to the source of infection, I am not worried about the effects of catching Covid on myself. But I still don’t want to tempt fate that if I do catch it, that I won’t be one of those unlucky few who get very ill. I am more concerned that my elderly parents, or my kids will need hospital treatment, or that my choice not to get vaccinated may result in someone else who is ill not being able to have access to treatment because I’m taking up a bed.

So, you're reason for believing that the analogy is bad is not evidence-based, nor is it scientifically, medically or engineering based, nor is it even what you said previously, but is instead due to personal experience?

It was a quip? That's what you're going with now?

How long did your booster symptoms last? Surely you understand that Omicrone will not be the last variant, even though it may be one of the mildest? Your “illness” after the booster was an immune responce, you did not catch Omnicrone, Delta or original strain from it.

It seems to be a recurring theme that the physically fit see themselves as “bullet proof” when it comes to illness. There was a classic case recently of the Belgian UFC fighter who thought he was too strong to be affected by Covid.