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You get that the hospitals were being overrun by people dying of covid, right? It was to the point where emergency care wasn't available because hospitals were

by chrsig 4y ago

You get that the hospitals were being overrun by people dying of covid, right? It was to the point where emergency care wasn't available because hospitals were full. I doubt your claim, but even then, there are plenty of other reasons why having such a high unvaccinated population is a problem.

DeetrixDotter 4y ago
christkv 4y ago
I’m vaxed by the way and yes I’m aware of the problems but you are not addressing what I said at all. The unvaxed person was or vaxed person spread and is spreading the virus at the same rate. The irrationality of treating unvaxed people now differently from vaxed persons is absurd. I’m more worried about the serious mental health issues people obsessed with the virus are having. I keep seeing people on the street with n95 mask walking alone.
- throwthroyaboat 4y ago
  > I keep seeing people on the street with n95 mask walking alone Those people might be sick (either with covid/the flu/cold etc) and using the mask as a signal to others "please don't come near me I'm sick".
- archagon 4y ago
  Maybe don’t judge random strangers? I sometimes wear a mask outdoors to keep warm, or to keep my hands free when I need to enter a store later. I’ve already had some assholes yell at me because of it a few times — and this is in California.
- anenefan 4y ago
  Sorry I missed your comment when I last visited. An often glossed over reason being vaccinated and why it mattered, was so that when a person was infected, apart from the hope the infection wasn't as severe but the virus had less time to undergo a recombination with other viral segments which could lead to a new more dangerous strain. Ultimately to a few people, days, or even hours might not account for very much, but the sum of hours is quite significant, for thousands or millions of people. Unfortunately the slow roll out of vaccines and various govts resisting locking down, meant that new more dangerous strains were an inevitability. From what I recall, it was the arrival of Delta where, even if vaccinated, the accumulation of infective covid virus in the nasal passages was about the same. Don't quote me though it's well over a year since I was reading such material regularly. However the time the virus had to play in a host human body was still less than the typical unvaccinated person. That's why a lot of "seemingly pointless" incentives were put in place by various govts around the world, those who could get vaccinated, would be moved to do so. Sadly people who could not on medical grounds often did get caught up in the details. People who still wear n95 masks clearly don't want to get the virus, it's not a mental condition. They're most likely around loved ones who are vulnerable.
ls15 4y ago
> You get that the hospitals were being overrun by people dying of covid, right? When I looked up the (official) statistics for my country, Germany, for the peak period in 2021, the percentage of covid cases in hospitals was about 5%. The news at that time made it seem as if it were 95%.

by chrsig 4y ago

DeetrixDotter 4y ago

christkv 4y ago

I’m vaxed by the way and yes I’m aware of the problems but you are not addressing what I said at all. The unvaxed person was or vaxed person spread and is spreading the virus at the same rate. The irrationality of treating unvaxed people now differently from vaxed persons is absurd. I’m more worried about the serious mental health issues people obsessed with the virus are having. I keep seeing people on the street with n95 mask walking alone.

throwthroyaboat 4y ago
> I keep seeing people on the street with n95 mask walking alone Those people might be sick (either with covid/the flu/cold etc) and using the mask as a signal to others "please don't come near me I'm sick".
archagon 4y ago
Maybe don’t judge random strangers? I sometimes wear a mask outdoors to keep warm, or to keep my hands free when I need to enter a store later. I’ve already had some assholes yell at me because of it a few times — and this is in California.
anenefan 4y ago
Sorry I missed your comment when I last visited. An often glossed over reason being vaccinated and why it mattered, was so that when a person was infected, apart from the hope the infection wasn't as severe but the virus had less time to undergo a recombination with other viral segments which could lead to a new more dangerous strain. Ultimately to a few people, days, or even hours might not account for very much, but the sum of hours is quite significant, for thousands or millions of people. Unfortunately the slow roll out of vaccines and various govts resisting locking down, meant that new more dangerous strains were an inevitability. From what I recall, it was the arrival of Delta where, even if vaccinated, the accumulation of infective covid virus in the nasal passages was about the same. Don't quote me though it's well over a year since I was reading such material regularly. However the time the virus had to play in a host human body was still less than the typical unvaccinated person. That's why a lot of "seemingly pointless" incentives were put in place by various govts around the world, those who could get vaccinated, would be moved to do so. Sadly people who could not on medical grounds often did get caught up in the details. People who still wear n95 masks clearly don't want to get the virus, it's not a mental condition. They're most likely around loved ones who are vulnerable.

ls15 4y ago

> You get that the hospitals were being overrun by people dying of covid, right? When I looked up the (official) statistics for my country, Germany, for the peak period in 2021, the percentage of covid cases in hospitals was about 5%. The news at that time made it seem as if it were 95%.