I respect personal choice, but for public health to work - people can't be selfish. Think of it like Swiss cheese, the more holes in it, the easier time a disease has to infect and harm the population (including your loved ones and mine). So outside of selfishness what are the sub-reasons? Religious need - please Google 'COVID outbreak in Church', most religions teach respect for others - and vaccines are a part of it. Fear of needles? I can respect that, but know there are means to make things easier for you (my mum is one of these carers to help anxious people - they do a lot) if the fear is too much - fine, but please give it a go. Concern for whats in the vaccine? The technology is based on research over 40 years old and has been tested in away to make it as safe as possible for the common public (granted they've not tested it for all biological eventualities yet such as reactive conditions - if you're one of them, make an enquiry with your GP and see what can and can't be done). However, the key thing is that everything is toxic based on certain dosages, but the reality is - you don't worry about other things like, air, medicines and other toxins (like the food you eat), so its a weird hill to die on - at least this substance has had the worlds best scientists examining it. Its a political weapon/programming/conspiracy? Look at the needles they use - they aren't big enough for chips, politicians on both sides have taken the vaccines, as for the fear stuff... I do think the fire has been stocked on the fear around COVID 19, however it is still very much dangerous to a lot of people (so again, don't be selfish). Finally, the risks of the vaccine... this one - yep there is risk, for me there was a 1 in 1000 chance of getting bells palsy - which would suck to get. But risk is a part of life (avoid it like avoiding bridges to swim in shark infested water - pick a risk, both sides have consequences) everything has been done to make it as safe as possible, you can avoid the risk, but due to public health it just puts your personal risk on to others (hence why I find it selfish) - some of which might not be able to handle the virus better than you... so again, don't be selfish. TL;DR While I support personal choice, I think for the sake of public health it is important not to be selfish unless there are really good reasons (i.e. you have a rare condition and been advised not to take it by a GP, you have an extreme fear of needles).