3 ms·
I would agree, if vaccinations helped more to stop people from becoming infectious. Although they shorten the period in which the vaccinated or recovered are sp
by brnt 5y ago
I would agree, if vaccinations helped more to stop people from becoming infectious. Although they shorten the period in which the vaccinated or recovered are spreading the virus, it's still enough to cause the current omicron outbreak, as far as I understand it. If correct, that means the unvaccinated are not that much more contagious and even a plane full of vaccinated people will transmit the virus because chances are zero every single one of them didn't encounter the new variant in the past three days or so.
- uberman 5y agoAccording to my back of the napkin math that is not true. Plane size: 150 Change that any random person has covid 7.5 Change that any random person has omicron 1.1 Chance that "someone" on the plane has covid: 0.99999 Chance that "someone" on the plane has omicron: 0.7785 So, you can expect someone on your plane to have covid, but 23% of the time no one has omicron. Fly once and not vaccinated, you get covid If you are vaccinated you get covid only 18% of the time. But this is not just about your chances of getting covid, I think the point is more that people who are not taking precautions are much more likely to come onto the plane as a spreader in the first place. I really have never understood the ability of people to divorce themselves from the notion that they can also be responsible for spreading covid, not just protecting themselves from getting it.
- systemBuilder 5y agoVaccines change the reproduction rate. Do you know how much? No? I thought so!