If you believe "the side-effects are well studied and well known" let me point out some other drugs where the same was claimed and many died before they figure it out.

Thalidomide, 1961

Diethylstilbestrol (DES), 1971

Aventis: Terfenadine (Seldane) 1997

Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories: Fen-Phen, 1997

Roche: Mibefradil (Posicor) 1998 (bad drug combos)

Warner-Lambert: Troglitazone (Rezulin) 2000

Phenylpropanolamine (PPA) 2000

Bayer: Cerivastatin (Baycol) 2001

Merck: Rofecoxib (Vioxx), 2004

Pfizer: Valdecoxib (Bextra), 2005

Able Laboratories Generic Prescription Drugs 2005 (bad manufacturing)

How do you know "the answer is yes, by a long shot"? You believe enough time has passed to determine that?

Let me be clear, I am NOT arguing that the vaccine wasn't "safe". Or that it has serious side effects. I am only arguing we just don't know the fine details yet, that there may be cohorts to which the vaccine was/is not worth taking.

Time will tell. Instead of accepting that we don't know yet you double down on your statement that the vaccines are perfectly safe. If everyone had that attitude then people would still be dying from the drugs above.