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I wonder what their opinion would be if they knew back then that the vaccine would be rendered completely ineffective against omicron? My children were fully va
by baskethead 5y ago
I wonder what their opinion would be if they knew back then that the vaccine would be rendered completely ineffective against omicron? My children were fully vaccinated and got infected over the holidays. They continued to test positive for 2 weeks.
Mandating a vaccine that is useless to a group of the population that already don't need the vaccine because they are inherently protected from severe illness and death is 100% anti-science. A "pandemic of bureaucracy" is indeed the correct term for what we are facing today.
- khuey 5y agoThe vaccine is not "completely ineffective" against omicron. Effectiveness against hospitalization and especially death continues to be excellent.
- baskethead 5y agoNot for children.
- mizzack 5y agoThis rock I carry in my pocket continues to be excellent at repelling tigers.
- ashwagary 5y ago>Effectiveness against hospitalization and especially death continues to be excellent. Make sure to pick studies that include "mortality by age" since we are discussing children not 80 year olds. Seems to me, most provax people parrot info that ignores one of the most important factors, age distribution of deaths. This lack of specificity gives people a skewed perception of reality and makes covid seem more deadly than it is.
- hyperpape 5y agoThe vaccine is very effective against severe disease and death in omicron. It also still provides a 50% reduction in risk of any infection, iirc. You can easily check these claims--scroll back a few weeks in the feeds of @zeynep or @EricTopol on twitter. They cite good data and studies.
- baskethead 5y agoNot for children.
- rsfern 5y agoIs there solid data supporting that? You seem confident, but I don’t think I’ve come across any omicron-specific data for under 18s at all