She's spent the last two days saying things like: "I don't trust my government but I trust science." and "I really really don't want to get it." and "I want to be able to travel to Europe again, so I'm willing to get it for that."
Even with all her anxiety and mistrust, she still got it. Only a few hours after, she said she didn't feel good, and didn't think it was just in her head.
People are so brainwashed, they're going against their own common sense and survival instincts.
UPDATE: She said her brain was foggy all day yesterday, and she doesn't really remember the days events. She said it made her and her husband who also took it very very tired. And the injection site was very painful also.
The vaccines (all of them) absolutely do reduce the incidence of symptomatic illness, and reduce the incidence of hospitalization or death to near zero. And yes, it does plenty to reduce the spread. No vaccine has ever been 100% effective against acquiring or spreading a disease, or 100% free of side effects.
I do not want to get COVID-19. While the incidence of death or critical illness is very low even without vaccination, the risk of mild or moderate symptomatic illness remains high in densely populated areas. And many people who recover from the active infection quickly, are left with long-term and possibly permanent side effects. It's not rational to look at this in terms of "if there's only a remote chance it will kill me, then there's no reason to worry about getting the disease". There's a guy in my town who had a "mild" case almost a year ago. He still can't taste anything except super-hot chili peppers like jalapenos, and he can barely even taste those. I'm not sure about how his sense of smell has recovered at this point (it was also totally gone), and that can be dangerous in addition to just lowering quality of life.
I think you watch too much CNN
I literally haven't watched a single second of CNN or MSNBC or ABC/CBS/NBC in over two years, and have very rarely watched any of them in the past 20 years. Before 9/11 I used to watch some CNN every weekend for balance, but when they started referring to the attackers as the "alleged" hijackers, I couldn't stomach it any more. And from everything I've heard, they've been getting steadily worse since then. I see a few clips from both CNN and MSNBC on other news channels, highlighting the over-the-top idiocy of both networks, and that's plenty.
Even worse, probably you read NYT, Nature mag, Science mag articles designed as propaganda for the medical industry and think you are read unbiased scientific articles rather than puff pieces