How would a vaccinated person confirm that a vaccine reduced virus severity

Turn on the AM radio to 1170. If there's a signal burst at sea level with you standing near the radio....it's working.

One wouldn't. You look at the hospitalization/death numbers to see the vaccine reduces severity.

Too many variables to be able to state with a certainty severity of infection:

The initial viral load to infect is one, additional variables include the time after infection for diagnosis, the level and chosen regimen of care following diagnosis are also nebulous.

Or, for that matter, did the Covid deaths get added to our usual death totals, or did Covid deaths just replace the deaths that ordinarily happen every year?

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The initial viral load to infect is one, additional variables include the time after infection for diagnosis the and quality of the level of care following diagnosis are both also nebulous.

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Not to mention genetics, non-vaccine therapies, and previous exposure.

Keep it simple. The only way to survive covid is to be vaccinated. If you die after being vaccinated, you should have been boosted. If you die after a booster, you never existed and are a creation of the misinformation campaign.

The data is pretty solid in that it reduces severity. However….. it’s not a 100% guarantee and still comes down to personal choice.
If you choose to not get vaccinated and get covid bad then that’s on you. I’m saying this as an unvaccinated person who took that risk willingly and came out just fine like the other 98% of the population.

You didn’t up with a tube down your throat, or die.

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One wouldn't. You look at the hospitalization/death numbers to see the vaccine reduces severity.

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I worry this line of thinking could create a self-fulfilling prophecy. Death rate probably a better metric