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> "We are heading towards a mandatory Green Pass not only for public sector workers but also private sector ones," she told RAI radio. "The vaccine is the only

> "We are heading towards a mandatory Green Pass not only for public sector workers but also private sector ones," she told RAI radio. "The vaccine is the only weapon we have against COVID and we can only contain infection by vaccinating a great majority of the population." It's amazing that there are still people insisting that any amount of uptake for these vaccines is going to "contain" SARS-CoV-2.

eesmith 5y ago
Medical researchers can be pretty amazing, yes. But you sound like it's an unsupportable idea? Here's examples drawn from https://scholar.google.com/scholar?as_ylo=2021&q=vaccine+contain+COVID&as_sdt=0,5 https://scholar.google.com/scholar?as_ylo=2021&q=vaccine+con... "increasing global vaccine availability will be a significant boost to efforts to contain COVID-19" - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8321695/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8321695/ "Understanding whether members of the university population are willing to receive a future vaccination against COVID-19 and identifying barriers may help public health authorities to develop effective strategies and interventions to contain COVID-19." - https://www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/9/3/275/pdf https://www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/9/3/275/pdf "With the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of two highly effective COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer-BioNtech and Moderna, we now have a novel approach to contain COVID-19 related morbidity and mortality." - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7944369/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7944369/ "Although the use of COVID-19 vaccine may contain the transmission of SARA-CoV-2, control measures such as the use of masks, physical distancing, personal hygiene, testing of exposed or symptomatic persons, contact tracing, and isolation are still of pivotal importance in protecting personal and public health against COVID-19." - https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12250-021-00408-5 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12250-021-00408-5 "We anticipated fears in the larger part of this community that health experts need to address through reassurance of the community that vaccines are tested and that they are safe and important if we are to rapidly contain the COVID-19 pandemic." - https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-021-11197-7 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-021-11197-7 "Countries worldwide rely on the COVID-19 vaccine to contain the spread of the pandemic." - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8364891/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8364891/ To be clear, "contained" does not necessarily mean "eradicated". Ebola outbreaks have been contained, but the disease is not eradicated.

eesmith 5y ago

Medical researchers can be pretty amazing, yes. But you sound like it's an unsupportable idea? Here's examples drawn from https://scholar.google.com/scholar?as_ylo=2021&q=vaccine+contain+COVID&as_sdt=0,5 https://scholar.google.com/scholar?as_ylo=2021&q=vaccine+con... "increasing global vaccine availability will be a significant boost to efforts to contain COVID-19" - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8321695/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8321695/ "Understanding whether members of the university population are willing to receive a future vaccination against COVID-19 and identifying barriers may help public health authorities to develop effective strategies and interventions to contain COVID-19." - https://www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/9/3/275/pdf https://www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/9/3/275/pdf "With the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of two highly effective COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer-BioNtech and Moderna, we now have a novel approach to contain COVID-19 related morbidity and mortality." - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7944369/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7944369/ "Although the use of COVID-19 vaccine may contain the transmission of SARA-CoV-2, control measures such as the use of masks, physical distancing, personal hygiene, testing of exposed or symptomatic persons, contact tracing, and isolation are still of pivotal importance in protecting personal and public health against COVID-19." - https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12250-021-00408-5 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12250-021-00408-5 "We anticipated fears in the larger part of this community that health experts need to address through reassurance of the community that vaccines are tested and that they are safe and important if we are to rapidly contain the COVID-19 pandemic." - https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-021-11197-7 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-021-11197-7 "Countries worldwide rely on the COVID-19 vaccine to contain the spread of the pandemic." - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8364891/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8364891/ To be clear, "contained" does not necessarily mean "eradicated". Ebola outbreaks have been contained, but the disease is not eradicated.