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I don't disagree with any of your statements. Yes the scientists have been busy with their thorough study and we see more each month. But broadly the politici

I don't disagree with any of your statements. Yes the scientists have been busy with their thorough study and we see more each month. But broadly the politicians (does this suppress funding?) are rejecting any form of natural immunity in US and Canada. Why? An abundance of caution should cut both ways. Anyway I wouldn't try to interpret this outside of the context of railing against mandates. Yes its true there are people who should get vaccines/boosters, are these guys arguing otherwise? That's a totally different argument from whether its ethical or even in our general interest to vaccinate those who wish not to be. Those who wish not to be tend to be those who are least at risk, young and healthy.

m0llusk 5y ago
This touches on complex system issues and the realities of government operations. A potentially interesting comparison would be to welfare programs. Historically these have been means driven in order to target the most needy with the greatest amount of assistance. Modern thinking has instead emphasized ideas like basic income, population wide stimulus, and other non means driven approaches to make sure that all who need assistance have access to at least some. Making sure vaccines are administered to the general population is a way of getting on top of a killer virus that does not require means testing in order to skip those who have already been infected. Simple systems are more robust, and the government is stupid and clumsy to an extreme that most individuals find difficult to fully comprehend.