I don't know what the trials entailed nor would I be qualified to determine whether or not they were adequate. I believe they were and I don't regret my choice. I agree with you on the potential and possible advancements that can be made.
Most people I know had no side effects, or just sore arms. There was one bad case in my city, but I didn't know her [photo attached], and supposedly some deaths, but the only three I heard of were over 70.
Eminent city business mogul Tom Jones Jr. died from, but he was 80...so I can't make much of that. We have a population of around 110K, and 84 virus deaths to date. The average virus death was around 80.
So far, I'm not thinking of either the virus or vaccine as a big threat. I did expect much worse outcomes for the vaccine - and it's been bad by usual Vax standards...but not nearly as bad as the worst case scenario.
However, odds of >1 in 10,000 to get myocarditis for young/youngish males is a bit much to me. The real odds are probably 1 in 7K. And 17-44% of those who get myocarditis will die within 5-8 years.
Yadda, yadda, yadda [doing the math], a 1 in 40,000 chance of dying in 6.5 years is way too high for me for a virus that won't kill me.
Factoring into that decision is: while the virus targets elderly/obese/vulnerable people, the vaccine injuries are just a crapshoot. In fact - being a young male seems be the biggest risk [31 is the average age of a vaccine injury in Canada].
I'm not saying these vaccines are a big risk - just that we don't know everything long-term yet, and from what I can tell, the virus poses virtually zero chance of me dying. Whereas the odds of SPECIFICALLY ME dying of the vaccine is probably around 1 in 40,000 as stated [myocarditis + dying within 5-8 years, average].
I was prepared to get the vaccine after two years since trials started [this month] as long as at least 1M people got them, and if the manufacturer indemnity clause was revoked by the Canadian government [that hasn't happened yet, which is bullshit, IMO]. But until this myocarditis issue is addressed and until more is known, I'm going to wait.
Also, Omicron provides both B and T cell immunity, and is a milder strain. Omicron is itself a vaccine. And viruses tend to evolve downward in lethality.
Regarding your own choice: if you haven't had any bad side effects yet, boosters should be safe for you. But I have noticed some people get worse symptoms with successive boosters [Prime's daughter, for example, hospitalized due to a booster]. I don't know if you noticed that too.
But if you've been good so far, I don't think you will suddenly get a bad reaction. This is JMO, based on what I've observed and heard from talking to friends.
I mean, I don't see how you could be fine after 2-3 shots, then suddenly drop dead from a booster.
But governments pushing these shots does not sit well with me.