However, it's impossible to prove that Covid is more harmful than the vaccine in every particular cohort of a population.
Anti vaxxers perceive themselves to belong to a cohort that are less likely to be harmed by the illness, because of youth, behaviour, or physical fitness or luck or religion or whatever.
On the other hand, they have plenty of evidence that people belonging to the same cohort have been adversely affected by the vaccine, therefore it's entirely logical from their point of view to not get vaccinated.
Yes I'd agree that it is impossible to prove something to someone you don't share common ground with.
I'll never be able to prove ghosts don't exist to someone who believes they do.
I might however be able to prove the absence of any evidence for the existence of ghosts, provided that the person I'm speaking to has the same perception of what constitutes evidence.
I don't think the cohort of antivaxxers belongs to a cohort of people that thinks too deeply about what cohort of people they belong to and what cohort of people should take the vaccine vs what cohort of people shouldn't take the vaccine. It's mostly a cohort of people that want to agree with each other so they can all be in the same cohort.
However, it's impossible to prove that Covid is more harmful than the vaccine in every particular cohort of a population.
Anti vaxxers perceive themselves to belong to a cohort that are less likely to be harmed by the illness, because of youth, behaviour, or physical fitness or luck or religion or whatever.
On the other hand, they have plenty of evidence that people belonging to the same cohort have been adversely affected by the vaccine, therefore it's entirely logical from their point of view to not get vaccinated.