There's more people in the US. Plust the US is not collectively vaccinating people

Cant speak for the US, but in general, Covid is still more dangerous during the acute infection than the flu and also causes much larger numbers of post-viral sequelae. Those are all potential reasons to recommend the vaccine, which can reduce the severity of both

I saw a study the other day that mentioned that Sweden during the pandemic had a median time of 30 days sick leave for those who had Covid.

In the US that would be rare if not impossible for a lot of people. I would think if someone could get a shot that would lessen symptoms or duration in a country that has such a poor health care safety net it might be worth while.

I'm Swedish, live in France.

Here: vaccinate vaccinate vaccinate, in Sweden : meh do whatever.

Also Swedish people: hello neighbor please you're only 5 meters away from me it makes me uncomfortable.

In the meantime in France: Hello friends and neighbours, kiss kiss kiss kiss!

On a more serious note, Sweden had the medical capacity that France didn't have, which is one of the big reasons in the very different response to the pandemic in those two countries.

Same in Germany. Last year I asked some people who got vaccinated if they think I also should get another shot and all of them told me that I'm not in a vulnerable group (or a caretaker) so I shouldn't bother. So we basically repeat what we know from the normal flu (influenza) and just vaccinate vulnerable people. I'm not sure if this is the best way to do it, because I think many people die each year of the flu as well. However, death statistics are hard and I couldn't find any reliable data on this either.

It very likely has been a problem and is just being underreported.

A single infection often doesn't cause much harm, but those who have constant exposure and infections (teachers especially) are having major health problems. It's barely mentioned outside of science papers.

This is the Danish opinion

The purpose of vaccination is not to prevent infection with covid-19, and people aged under 50 are therefore currently not being offered booster vaccination. People aged under 50 are generally not at particularly higher risk of becoming severely ill from covid-19. In addition, younger people aged under 50 are well protected against becoming severely ill from covid-19, as a very large number of them have already been vaccinated and have previously been infected with covid-19, and there is consequently good immunity among this part of the population

You guys have benefits to protect you, if you get sick. Americans barely get sick leave, medical bills are ridiculous, and if covid leaves you crippled, SSI (Disability) pays a whopping $11k a YEAR. It's not enough to survive on, despite paying taxes. Yeah, someone might have worked enough hours to get SSDI, which is a few dollars more an hour, but still not enough to cover rent.