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Not the GP, but I have a question for you: if the vaccine works, why would I be putting others in danger by not getting it? Can't they get vaccinated instead?
by ghoward 6y ago
Not the GP, but I have a question for you: if the vaccine works, why would I be putting others in danger by not getting it? Can't they get vaccinated instead?
If they can't, doesn't that just mean the vaccine is defective? As far as I know, vaccines are meant for those who are weaker, so if they can't get it, it seems to me that the vaccine is defective.
Also, the CDC has admitted that the asymptomatic transmission rate is far less than previously thought. (https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7004e3.htm?s_cid=mm7004e3_w#discussion https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7004e3.htm?s_cid=mm...)
With all of that put together, it seems to me that if I am healthy, it would be better for me to save the vaccines for those who want them and need them and let my immune system build my immunity.
- Tagbert 6y agoIf we have a significant population of unvaccinated people, that provides the breeding ground for the virus to multiply and mutate into new strains that may bypass the current vaccine induced immunity which would require yet another round of vaccines.
- ghoward 6y agoVaccinated people are still breeding grounds for a virus; they can still be carriers. Vaccines just give people the antibodies to not be affected by a virus.
- _joel 6y agoBut they are vastly less likely to shed if they have been vaccinated, therefore less transmission. https://theconversation.com/can-vaccinated-people-still-spread-the-coronavirus-155095 https://theconversation.com/can-vaccinated-people-still-spre...
- ghoward 6y agoThat article gave no numbers. It made a claim and didn't back it up.
- _joel 6y agoThere's links in the article to Scientific American which also had papers from October 2020.
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- ghoward 6y agoCool. Where does that dispute the fact that those who are vaccinated are still breeding grounds for new variants of the virus?
- _joel 6y agoIf they shed less then they are less transmissible, it's in the article. It isn't about completely erradicating tranmission but bringing it to a level where the problem receeds. It's statistics, not a binary thing.