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I would expect once you get your vaccination this to be a non-issue. Like any other viruses that I'm vaccinated against, if I catch it my immune system would de
by unnouinceput 6y ago
I would expect once you get your vaccination this to be a non-issue. Like any other viruses that I'm vaccinated against, if I catch it my immune system would destroy it before I become a source myself. I mean isn't that the whole purpose of a vaccine?
Also I do understand that is only 90% efficacy, which means if I am among the unlucky 10% then I'll become infected and become both a spreader and most likely develop the disease.
- purplecats 6y agoI'd be very interested in getting vaccinated against the virus once it's been released. I'd prefer, however, to just get the vaccine so that if I catch it my immune system would destroy it before I become a source myself. I wish they'd make an option (perhaps at a significantly higher cost) so that you can get the vaccine injection without miscellaneous non-vaccine compounds injected in the solution as well.
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- jimmyswimmy 6y agoI'm the opposite of a biology expert, but from what I've read, the "miscellaneous non-vaccine compounds" in the solution are adjuvants which make the vaccine more effective by provoking the immune system into a response. Without those "non-vaccine compounds" the vaccine itself could be no more effective than a shot of sterile saline - which itself is probably another "non-vaccine compound." Perhaps if you're referring to something else you could spell it out.
- purplecats 6y agoI am, obviously, referring to something else.
- AndrewBissell 6y agoUntil now the line I have kept hearing is that there is no such thing as herd immunity except that which is realized through universal immunization. Now that we're not sure the vaccine will actually work in this way, the new line of reasoning is "well it's just supposed to protect you individually from the disease, not stop it from spreading."
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- tylerhou 6y ago> Until now the line I have kept hearing is that there is no such thing as herd immunity except that which is realized through universal immunization. You were either hearing the wrong information or misunderstanding it. Herd immunity is absolutely real, and can occur if a virus infects enough people (or enough people are vaccinated). When more people are immune, it will be harder for the virus to spread to a new host. When enough are immune, the virus dies out. But since the death rate of COVID is so high, encouraging people to go outside and get infected in the name of achieving herd immunity (an approach often spread by the right wing) would likely cause millions of deaths, especially because the US has limited hospital capacity. This isn't even mentioning that we don't know the long-term effects of the hundreds of millions of others who would have recovered from COVID. Herd immunity through vaccination will kill or harm very few people in comparison, given that only 1 in a million suffer side effects from vaccines on average.
- AndrewBissell 6y ago> You were either hearing the wrong information or misunderstanding it. Herd immunity is absolutely real, and can occur if a virus infects enough people (or enough people are vaccinated). I was hearing it from people arguing against the Swedish approach of managing the virus without lockdowns. "Encouraging people to go out and get infected" (i.e. actively trying to accelerate the spread and doing nothing to minimize exposure for high risk groups) is not something I see being seriously advocated even by lockdown opponents, though it is often used as a strawman version of their arguments.