@Helen Back
Thank you for posting this information, this is literally one of the only well thought-out and reasonable videos I have seen on this forum. I believe his points to be largely valid, with these thoughts:
minute 10 - only refers back to one study that he had already stated was a “small study” but worth looking at. Are there any others in support of his hypothesis or in disagreement? There may very well be - but he doesn't support his own information by just citing one small study. This is the very definition of "pseudoscience" - where data being used is either not repeatable, or does not show enough statistical significance, based on the context of the experiment. He can be discredited simply for this reason, the information is not providing enough context or evidence to back claims. He needed to cite several studies, instead of just the one small study.
Again, I'm not saying he's incorrect, but if he wants to better prove his point, this would be helpful.
14 minutes in - Israeli data inconsistent - has not been peer reviewed. Plenty of "data mining" has gone on by people with alternative agendas and have hand/cherry picked data to align with their own belief system (and this goes both ways).
15 minute - where does he come up with 99%? - I don't understand where he got this number
15:45 minute- where does he get this information from - he did not cite source other than the non reviewed data
17:27- this is true - public health vs individual - and the crux of the issue in a pandemic.
18:30- B/T cells good measure - this is why they recommend booster for immunocompromised
And his endpoints of discussion - he is inherently right.
Utilitarian argument - right for the greatest number of people to be protected vs the individual argument.
Natural infection + vaccine highest levels of immunity is true.
So having watched this - and again please know I am not in support of vaccine mandates.
The best thing you can do is weigh your individual risk of getting COVID vs getting vaccinated - knowing that there are in fact some outliers there - as in - previously healthy individuals that wind up dying from COVID - albeit a very small proportion, but a risk nonetheless.
So for my parents who are in their 80's, we couldn't risk COVID for them, they got vaccinated. My husband is in his 60s and lives with me (who is also high risk due to the very nature of my job) - and he also works in healthcare so we both got vaccinated. I got COVID in April 2020, got vaccinated when it was available to healthcare workers (Dec 2020) and then got COVID again in Aug. My parents are getting their boosters this week.
I'm not getting a booster for at least 6 months after August. But that is my decision, weighed with what I read and what I know to be true, coupled with my risk assessment.