That's why I wouldn't mind waiting that long to get the shots. I'd rather wait six months to a year and see what the long-term effects are of getting the shots.
I get why that's reasonable to say. And I would be apprehensive at first as well. I would be worried about long term side effects of something that's new, some new technology that's not yet been out for very long. But here's what assuaged my worries a bit:
Has there ever been a horrible long-term side effect from any vaccine that wasn't apparent within 6 weeks after distributing it to millions of people?
The answer is no.
The yellow fever vaccine has been known to cause yellow fever in about 1 in 2.500.000.
The polio vaccine was immediately known to cause polio in about 1 in 2.500.000 people.
The smallpox vaccine could cause a mild form of smallpox in very rare cases. About 1 in 2.400.000 doses.
I'm not going to go through every vaccine but these effects were immediately known.
And now we've learned about blood clots in 1 in a couple million people for the J&J vaccine.
Meanwhile we know what the effects of the virus are, it's not just a respiratory disease that causes pneumonia and potentially kills you, it also causes inflammation of your blood vessels, meaning your own body attacks itself and so every organ can be affected. That's why there is evidence of heart, liver and lung damage for example in people who have had Covid. These will absolutely cause long-term problems.
If everyone had taken a wait and see attitude, many many more millions of people would be dead and many many more millions would not die but suffer long-term effects.
My source for this info is Dr. Paul Offit, who specializes in infectious diseases, vaccines, immunology, and virology.