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I have no idea, I'm not the one who said it was. Even though the Covid vaccines don't prevent infection and transmission, by helping the body fight off the viru

I have no idea, I'm not the one who said it was. Even though the Covid vaccines don't prevent infection and transmission, by helping the body fight off the virus they absolutely do help prevent variant formation.

landemva 5y ago
Variants are developing in animals like cats and deer, and spreading back to humans. The sooner we get to variants that are highly transmissible with only cold-like effects, the sooner we can stop the nonsense about trying to prevent variants.
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metamet 5y ago
They also do reduce infection and transmission, just not completely prevent it all the time.
- jaywalk 5y ago
  They definitely do not reduce transmission, at least not with the currently circulating variants: https://www.ucdavis.edu/health/covid-19/news/viral-loads-similar-between-vaccinated-and-unvaccinated-people https://www.ucdavis.edu/health/covid-19/news/viral-loads-sim...
  - Retric 5y ago
    That doesn’t support your argument. Although vaccinated people with a breakthrough infection are much less likely to become severely ill than unvaccinated, the new study shows that they can be carrying similar amounts of virus and could potentially spread the virus to other people Could potentially spread is not the same as saying their equally likely to spread. Fewer infections and less severe cases both reduce transmission to the general population at least in the short term. Long term it may be that effectively everyone gets either COVID and or the vaccine.
    - jaywalk 5y ago
      When I say they don't reduce transmission, I mean (and the article backs up) that an infected vaccinated person transmits the virus just as much as an infected unvaccinated person. Probability of infection between the two groups is a different subject.
      - Retric 5y ago
        They specifically say: “Our study does not provide information on infectiousness.” That said, if people are equally infections while sick, but their sick for a shorter period then their less likely to infect others.

landemva 5y ago

Variants are developing in animals like cats and deer, and spreading back to humans. The sooner we get to variants that are highly transmissible with only cold-like effects, the sooner we can stop the nonsense about trying to prevent variants.

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metamet 5y ago

They also do reduce infection and transmission, just not completely prevent it all the time.

jaywalk 5y ago
They definitely do not reduce transmission, at least not with the currently circulating variants: https://www.ucdavis.edu/health/covid-19/news/viral-loads-similar-between-vaccinated-and-unvaccinated-people https://www.ucdavis.edu/health/covid-19/news/viral-loads-sim...
- Retric 5y ago
  That doesn’t support your argument. Although vaccinated people with a breakthrough infection are much less likely to become severely ill than unvaccinated, the new study shows that they can be carrying similar amounts of virus and could potentially spread the virus to other people Could potentially spread is not the same as saying their equally likely to spread. Fewer infections and less severe cases both reduce transmission to the general population at least in the short term. Long term it may be that effectively everyone gets either COVID and or the vaccine.
  - jaywalk 5y ago
    When I say they don't reduce transmission, I mean (and the article backs up) that an infected vaccinated person transmits the virus just as much as an infected unvaccinated person. Probability of infection between the two groups is a different subject.
    - Retric 5y ago
      They specifically say: “Our study does not provide information on infectiousness.” That said, if people are equally infections while sick, but their sick for a shorter period then their less likely to infect others.