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From the link you shared: "What they're saying: "Even if boosting were eventually shown to decrease the medium-term risk of serious disease, current vaccine su
by Broken_Hippo 5y ago
From the link you shared:
"What they're saying: "Even if boosting were eventually shown to decrease the medium-term risk of serious disease, current vaccine supplies could save more lives if used in previously unvaccinated populations than if used as boosters in vaccinated populations," the scientists wrote."
In other words, it isn't even saying they aren't needed at all, but that it is better to have everyone fully vaccinated before we start on giving boosters - with the exception of some folks with compromised immune systems.
And to be fair, this is the sort of messaging that other places were handing out. It also isnt all that unusual that different parties give out different information, especially when some of those folks aren't medical professionals versed in such diseases or the intricacies of the immune system.
Your comment also makes me very happy to not be in the US right now. The government here (Norway) simply sent me an SMS when the vaccine was available, and prompted me to schedule both doses at that time. I imagine if we get to the point of booster shots, something similar will happen.
But I hope we get the world a dose or two of the vaccine first so that fewer people might die.
- joshstrange 5y agoI'll bet vaccine boosters get the same "but they said masks didn't work"/"they said we didn't need masks" treatment. I would have hoped that we'd learned that lesson but it looks like we are doomed to repeat that all over again. I'm never of fan of lying/misleading the general public because it breads so much mistrust and allows mis/disinformation to spread so much easier later. If it's not clear, I'm talking about how "we don't need to wear masks" != "masks don't work" as much as it was "we need all the masks for medical staff right now and there is a shortage". Similarly, the messaging should not be "we don't need boosters" because we we inevitably DO need people to take a booster it will be met with resistance due to "changing facts", instead the messaging should be "boosters help but it's better to get more people vaccinated with 1-2 shots before we focus on boosters".
- aleister_777 5y agoI think the bigger issue is finding the places where strict mask use has reduced COVID. You seem to think there is a lesson to be learned however I'm unable to find any data that support that lesson. Yet, you assert it like it's truth, as if you know the truth and can back it up somehow, but you don't.
- xboxnolifes 5y agoThe person you are replying to isn't asserting that masks definitely work. He's asserting that stating "you don't need to wear masks" is not the same as saying "masks don't work".
- throwaway660 5y agoThe part you quoted agrees with OP, not you. "Even if boosting were eventually shown to decrease the medium-term risk of serious disease" means they feel that it has NOT been shown to decrease risk. You're not understanding the the meaning of "even if".