RW: -Cases have been going down even before the vaccine, so what exactly are you trying to prove here?
Indeed, cases are going up and down around the world. Now, say, India and Eastern Europe are going up. The peaks seem to be a couple of month long – cases going up, people getting scared again, becoming more careful, cases going down, people relaxing early. I took not a sample, but TOP countries with high vaccination rates, they are in somewhat different areas, cases are going down in all. So, as you are saying, it may be a coincidence, but already probable. With 1-2 months further we will see more. In addition, both Israel and UK report that most of current patients are not vaccinated, that rates per vaccinated person are drastically lower.
This dies not mean that some individuals did not have adverse results from the vaccine, just that overall effects are very very positive. So, statistically, the only reason to delay vaccination is if you are not interacting with anyone. Vilna Gaon would probably need vaccine only when Dubno Maggid was visiting, the rest of the time he could sit by himself and learn.