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Your claim that the media is simply not reporting that vaccinated people are much better protected to the point of it basically not being a threat is not “a fac

Your claim that the media is simply not reporting that vaccinated people are much better protected to the point of it basically not being a threat is not “a fact”. Most media (except, of course, certain anti vaccine organs, which unfortunately seem to have infected an entire section of the mainstream US media) is reporting the significantly better outcomes for the vaccinated. That being said, considering how small a percentage of people are vaccinated, it’s still a massive threat we cannot simply ignore. We need to double down on vaccination even more. Delta only underscores that need that already existed.

timr 5y ago
> Your claim that the media is simply not reporting that vaccinated people are much better protected to the point of it basically not being a threat is not “a fact”. > That being said, considering how small a percentage of people are vaccinated, it’s still a massive threat we cannot simply ignore. OK, so your issue is that I've critiqued the media for sensationalism. You think the media is not being sensational, because There Is a Major Threat. That's fine. We can disagree. The facts are still the facts, and people can interpret threats in light of those facts. You've now triple-responded to my comment with essentially the same thing. Maybe you're seeing this through an emotional lens? (FWIW, I haven't seen any major news outlet report that the latest data for secondary transmission of "the Delta variant" indicates that it is not more contagious in the UK. That's a pretty big change, and it's new information. Even if you can find a single news source that has reported it, it's not widely known.) > We need to double down on vaccination even more I'm not sure what "double down" means, but I never said that people should not get vaccinated.
stavros 5y ago
> That being said, considering how small a percentage of people are vaccinated, it’s still a massive threat we cannot simply ignore. It is definitely a massive threat to people who cannot get vaccinated if they want to. In my country, we passed that threshold months ago, so the vast majority of deaths are people who simply chose to not get vaccinated. Vaccination still continues apace, but nowadays it's mostly people under 25, who are much less likely to be hospitalized. When the vaccinations per day start falling below the max we can physically vaccinate, that'll be the point where everyone who wants a vaccine has gotten one. Unfortunately for the people who have legitimate reasons to not get vaccinated, there are enough people who distrust vaccines that we'll never be truly free of COVID.

timr 5y ago

> Your claim that the media is simply not reporting that vaccinated people are much better protected to the point of it basically not being a threat is not “a fact”. > That being said, considering how small a percentage of people are vaccinated, it’s still a massive threat we cannot simply ignore. OK, so your issue is that I've critiqued the media for sensationalism. You think the media is not being sensational, because There Is a Major Threat. That's fine. We can disagree. The facts are still the facts, and people can interpret threats in light of those facts. You've now triple-responded to my comment with essentially the same thing. Maybe you're seeing this through an emotional lens? (FWIW, I haven't seen any major news outlet report that the latest data for secondary transmission of "the Delta variant" indicates that it is not more contagious in the UK. That's a pretty big change, and it's new information. Even if you can find a single news source that has reported it, it's not widely known.) > We need to double down on vaccination even more I'm not sure what "double down" means, but I never said that people should not get vaccinated.

stavros 5y ago

> That being said, considering how small a percentage of people are vaccinated, it’s still a massive threat we cannot simply ignore. It is definitely a massive threat to people who cannot get vaccinated if they want to. In my country, we passed that threshold months ago, so the vast majority of deaths are people who simply chose to not get vaccinated. Vaccination still continues apace, but nowadays it's mostly people under 25, who are much less likely to be hospitalized. When the vaccinations per day start falling below the max we can physically vaccinate, that'll be the point where everyone who wants a vaccine has gotten one. Unfortunately for the people who have legitimate reasons to not get vaccinated, there are enough people who distrust vaccines that we'll never be truly free of COVID.