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Reducing a 1% chance of re-infection to .5% does not imply that population needs to get vaccinated.
by bananabiscuit 5y ago
Reducing a 1% chance of re-infection to .5% does not imply that population needs to get vaccinated.
- myko 5y agoThis is why we rely on medical professionals to inform these decisions and they do say the population should be vaccinated: https://www.healthline.com/health-news/people-whove-had-covid-19-should-still-get-vaccinated-heres-why https://www.healthline.com/health-news/people-whove-had-covi... https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2021/08/09/covid-already-had-it-experts-say-you-still-need-get-vaccinated/5535920001/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2021/08/09/covid-...
- bananabiscuit 5y agoI disagree and there are also doctors and experts that disagree. There is no reason to assume medical experts are free of groupthink. There is also no reason to assume the medical industrial and related government regulators are free from corruption. Which makes it all the more important to question the advice we are given by “experts” and ask if it makes any sense. To me it doesn’t.
- myko 5y agoThere is no reason to assume that medical professionals are corrupt in encouraging people to be vaccinated, either. Especially given that the data shows better protection among the vaccinated than the unvaccinated.
- koheripbal 5y agoI generally agree, but it's important to remember that public health officials are not infallible. In the beginning of the pandemic, most of them told us NOT to wear masks.
- myko 5y agoTotally. The key is, once new information comes in to base decisions on the updated information. I'm glad that our public health officials are doing so.