"To protect" was always BS, since it doesn't prevent infection. Had my mother in my ear warning me not to have the vaxx, that mRNA was too unproven to be safe. Retired nurses tend to be pretty conservative about treatments, they've seen a lot.

But I did some reading (I❤️‍🔥sci-hub.se), decided on balance it was likely a net plus.

Think its too early to tell if I made the right call, but certainly my two COVID infections have been mild.

(I nearly died of pneumonia secondary to influenza when I was 17, still have the scarring to prove it. Rare, but it happens, don't really want a repeat)