I deleted my post after you had read it.

I explained the "Lancet" articles are peer-reviewed, meaning approved by people with expertise in the topic. It's correct. Risk is probability that an event will happen. Relative risk (RR) is in a given population ; absolute risk (AR) is in the entire population. RR of an active member reading this post is 1/58 ; AR is obviously lower, 1/7.9 billion.

All viruses mutate. Successful mutations allow better transmission but are less lethal. Thus both viruses and hosts (humans) survive, as with the common cold, caused by related viruses.

More infections mean more mutations. Vaccines - already evidence-based to work in trials (efficacy) and the community (effectiveness) - lower the numbers of infections. They don't cause mutations but reduce the chances of their occurrence.

Drugs to treat (or prevent) covid infection are being developed. Remdesivir prevents multiplication of the virus (by disrupting production of viral RNA).

Ivermectin is unlicensed, and used to treat helminth infections (like strongyloides and onchocerciasis). It is unproven in treatment of covid infection. Neither I nor anyone else knows the frequency of side-effects in the dose which might be required for covid. They include anaemia, asthma exacerbation, coma, conjunctival haemorrhage, hepatitis, psychiatric disorder and seizure. The Philippine Government might better spend P 22 million on more effective and relatively safe vaccines than trial of this drug.

Factors involved in vaccine hesitancy include Confidence (lack of it), Complacency (low perceived risk of vaccine-preventable illnesses), and Convenience (availability and cost).

We are stuck with this virus, which eventually will mutate to a milder form, and overdosed with information, misinformation, and disinformation about it. If members or their loved ones have not suffered personally, you're lucky.