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If you're vaccinated, and the vaccine works, how does an unvaccinated person endanger you so greatly that you feel the need to discriminate against them?

pb7 5y ago
The variants all come from unvaccinated people. With enough time, a vaccine resistant variant could come around and infect vaccinated folks who are forced to be around you.
- thisiscorrect 5y ago
  "The variants all come from unvaccinated people." This is not necessarily correct. It's clear by now that none of the widely available SARS-CoV-2 vaccines (or maybe none at all) prevent infection by the virus. [1] discusses the role of vaccination in immune escape. [1] https://www.nature.com/articles/s41579-021-00573-0 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41579-021-00573-0
- jakebasile 5y ago
  So if a company wants to take the other side here and say they only want to work with unvaccinated people, would that be ok too? What if an employer decided not to employ anyone who had received a different medical procedure, such as a splenectomy? If unvaccinated employees can just find other jobs, why can't vaccinated employees just find other jobs?
  - pb7 5y ago
    > So if a company wants to take the other side here and say they only want to work with unvaccinated people, would that be ok too? Sure but outside of politically charged reasons, I can’t see why they would care. It doesn’t pose any danger to them. Same for below. > If unvaccinated employees can just find other jobs, why can't vaccinated employees just find other jobs? They can, if they find themselves at a company that somehow targets those who get vaccinated. It would then be great to make it well known that such company is hostile towards public health and science in general. Can’t imagine they would last long as a business with the type of staff they retain.

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If you're vaccinated, and the vaccine works, how does an unvaccinated person endanger you so greatly that you feel the need to discriminate against them?

by jakebasile 5y ago

pb7 5y ago
The variants all come from unvaccinated people. With enough time, a vaccine resistant variant could come around and infect vaccinated folks who are forced to be around you.
- thisiscorrect 5y ago
  "The variants all come from unvaccinated people." This is not necessarily correct. It's clear by now that none of the widely available SARS-CoV-2 vaccines (or maybe none at all) prevent infection by the virus. [1] discusses the role of vaccination in immune escape. [1] https://www.nature.com/articles/s41579-021-00573-0 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41579-021-00573-0
- jakebasile 5y ago
  So if a company wants to take the other side here and say they only want to work with unvaccinated people, would that be ok too? What if an employer decided not to employ anyone who had received a different medical procedure, such as a splenectomy? If unvaccinated employees can just find other jobs, why can't vaccinated employees just find other jobs?
  - pb7 5y ago
    > So if a company wants to take the other side here and say they only want to work with unvaccinated people, would that be ok too? Sure but outside of politically charged reasons, I can’t see why they would care. It doesn’t pose any danger to them. Same for below. > If unvaccinated employees can just find other jobs, why can't vaccinated employees just find other jobs? They can, if they find themselves at a company that somehow targets those who get vaccinated. It would then be great to make it well known that such company is hostile towards public health and science in general. Can’t imagine they would last long as a business with the type of staff they retain.