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It probably does reduce transmission because it helps your body defeat it more rapidly, in some cases so quickly that you don't even notice you had it. More rap

by dTal 5y ago

It probably does reduce transmission because it helps your body defeat it more rapidly, in some cases so quickly that you don't even notice you had it. More rapidly = less time to transmit it to other people.

wccrawford 5y ago
I've seen reports that say that if you have Covid, you transmit it as easily as anyone else, regardless of vaccination status. That is why we see so many people saying that the vaccines don't prevent you from spreading it. However, if you're vaccinated, you're less likely to get it in the first place, so from a standing start, you're less likely to transmit it. And since at some point everyone was covid-free, this is the important scenario. Nobody who knows they have the virus should knowingly go near another person except in an emergency. Nothing you do will protect that other person.
- someguy5344523 5y ago
  On the other hand, if you're vaccinated, you're less likely to have symptoms, so you're less likely to notice that you're infected.
  - yellowapple 5y ago
    On the third hand, if you're unvaccinated this long after vaccines have become generally available, that tends to correlate with ignoring symptoms as "allergies" or "seasonal cold" and ignoring the possibility that you're infected. The people dragging their feet on getting vaccinated ain't typically the ones taking quarantines seriously.
- yellowapple 5y ago
  To piggyback on this a bit: > I've seen reports that say that if you have Covid, you transmit it as easily as anyone else, regardless of vaccination status. While you're indeed infected, yes. If that duration for vaccinated persons is shorter than the duration for unvaccinated persons, then the obvious deduction would be that the shortened duration results in a lowered overall chance of spread - even if (indeed, especially if) the viral loads are equal (as vaccine-skeptics like to assert as if it's some sort of "gotcha"). Transmission is a function of viral load × time, so shorter time = shorter window of transmission = less risk of transmission. Factor in the reduced chance of being infected in the first place (as you point out), and it becomes obvious on both fronts that vaccination reduces the spread of COVID, Omicron included.
rightbyte 5y ago
That is not necessarily true. I wonder if Omicron is so contagious because far bigger share have mild symptoms and don't stay at home.

by dTal 5y ago

wccrawford 5y ago

I've seen reports that say that if you have Covid, you transmit it as easily as anyone else, regardless of vaccination status. That is why we see so many people saying that the vaccines don't prevent you from spreading it. However, if you're vaccinated, you're less likely to get it in the first place, so from a standing start, you're less likely to transmit it. And since at some point everyone was covid-free, this is the important scenario. Nobody who knows they have the virus should knowingly go near another person except in an emergency. Nothing you do will protect that other person.

someguy5344523 5y ago
On the other hand, if you're vaccinated, you're less likely to have symptoms, so you're less likely to notice that you're infected.
- yellowapple 5y ago
  On the third hand, if you're unvaccinated this long after vaccines have become generally available, that tends to correlate with ignoring symptoms as "allergies" or "seasonal cold" and ignoring the possibility that you're infected. The people dragging their feet on getting vaccinated ain't typically the ones taking quarantines seriously.
yellowapple 5y ago
To piggyback on this a bit: > I've seen reports that say that if you have Covid, you transmit it as easily as anyone else, regardless of vaccination status. While you're indeed infected, yes. If that duration for vaccinated persons is shorter than the duration for unvaccinated persons, then the obvious deduction would be that the shortened duration results in a lowered overall chance of spread - even if (indeed, especially if) the viral loads are equal (as vaccine-skeptics like to assert as if it's some sort of "gotcha"). Transmission is a function of viral load × time, so shorter time = shorter window of transmission = less risk of transmission. Factor in the reduced chance of being infected in the first place (as you point out), and it becomes obvious on both fronts that vaccination reduces the spread of COVID, Omicron included.

rightbyte 5y ago

That is not necessarily true. I wonder if Omicron is so contagious because far bigger share have mild symptoms and don't stay at home.