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My comment wasn't about what measures the profession uses to do their work. My comment was about what measure they're communicating to us, random members of the

My comment wasn't about what measures the profession uses to do their work. My comment was about what measure they're communicating to us, random members of the public. These need not be the same thing.

sgc 5y ago
That is fair enough. However it would still backfire, because the general public can't listen to anything responsibly. If we report the vaccine is 99.5% effective at preventing serious illness, people will not listen to ANYTHING about being cautious and wearing a mask after they are vaccinated. I predict a nasty wave of COVID this fall/winter including in relatively highly vaccinated areas due to just this attitude already.
- dataflow 5y ago
  > If we report the vaccine is 99.5% effective at preventing serious illness, people will not listen to ANYTHING about being cautious and wearing a mask after they are vaccinated. Uhm, the CDC literally told vaccinated people they don't need masks indoors or outdoors. [1] At that point it's kind of silly to say quoting 99.5% does or will a detrimental impact. > I predict a nasty wave of COVID this fall/winter including in relatively highly vaccinated areas due to just this attitude already. No; if it happens, it certainly wouldn't be due to this; at best ('best' for your argument), it would be due to their overriding guidance re: not wearing masks, which I mentioned above. However, I predict if this happens, it'll be due to changing circumstances like worse variants breaking through the vaccine (which the CDC admits they do not have sufficient data on [2]), not due to their current advice being bad due for current variants. [1] https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20210513/cdc-vaccinated-you-dont-need-a-mask-indoors https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20210513/cdc-vaccinated-you-... [2] https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/fully-vaccinated.html https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/fully-vac...

sgc 5y ago

That is fair enough. However it would still backfire, because the general public can't listen to anything responsibly. If we report the vaccine is 99.5% effective at preventing serious illness, people will not listen to ANYTHING about being cautious and wearing a mask after they are vaccinated. I predict a nasty wave of COVID this fall/winter including in relatively highly vaccinated areas due to just this attitude already.

dataflow 5y ago
> If we report the vaccine is 99.5% effective at preventing serious illness, people will not listen to ANYTHING about being cautious and wearing a mask after they are vaccinated. Uhm, the CDC literally told vaccinated people they don't need masks indoors or outdoors. [1] At that point it's kind of silly to say quoting 99.5% does or will a detrimental impact. > I predict a nasty wave of COVID this fall/winter including in relatively highly vaccinated areas due to just this attitude already. No; if it happens, it certainly wouldn't be due to this; at best ('best' for your argument), it would be due to their overriding guidance re: not wearing masks, which I mentioned above. However, I predict if this happens, it'll be due to changing circumstances like worse variants breaking through the vaccine (which the CDC admits they do not have sufficient data on [2]), not due to their current advice being bad due for current variants. [1] https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20210513/cdc-vaccinated-you-dont-need-a-mask-indoors https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20210513/cdc-vaccinated-you-... [2] https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/fully-vaccinated.html https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/fully-vac...