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How are we still pretending that people who've received the vaccine (which should really be labeled a prophylactic) can't spread or contract the virus?
by TurkishPoptart 5y ago
How are we still pretending that people who've received the vaccine (which should really be labeled a prophylactic) can't spread or contract the virus?
- diveanon 5y ago[flagged]
- TurkishPoptart 5y ago[flagged]
- diveanon 5y ago[flagged]
- AnimalMuppet 5y agoYou don't sound like you're doing great yourself at "being a civil member of society". On that front, heal thyself...
- diveanon 5y ago[flagged]
- AnimalMuppet 5y agoSadly, the time for name-calling those who disagree with you has not yet passed, nor has the time of civility arrived.
- dang 5y agoIf you keep perpetuating flamewars like this on HN we will ban you. We've had to ask you about this a lot, and it's seriously not cool. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- AnimalMuppet 5y agoFirst: It's fair for you to call me on the carpet for this one. Second, though: "We've had to ask you about this a lot"? I recall exactly one other time in eight years that you have done so. I recognize that I'm just begging for the man with the database to expose the flaws in my memory, but... I really don't recall any more than that one other time.
- dang 5y agoHere's what I found, though to be honest I thought there were more, because I recognize your username as one that does this sort of thing a lot. Would you please stop that and be a better citizen of this place? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27477147 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27477147 (June 2021) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22272727 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22272727 (Feb 2020) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20072367 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20072367 (June 2019) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19936285 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19936285 (May 2019) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16103742 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16103742 (Jan 2018)
- diveanon 5y agoSpare me your moral grand standing
- dang 5y agoWe've banned this account for posting egregious flamewar comments (alas, tons of them) and ignoring our many requests to stop. You can't post this aggressively to HN, regardless of how right you are or feel you are. The same goes for any other user. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- timbit42 5y agoBecause vaccines aren't 100% but they do great reduce transmission, infection and illness. If two people are both vaccinated, it is reduced even more.