20% of LAPD officers, civilian employees say they won’t take Covid-19 vaccine

Re:20% of LAPD officers, civilian employees say they won’t t... by oliv__ on Sunday January 10, 2021 @10:13PM (#25723917)

And why should they? The mortality is ridiculously low

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Re:20% of LAPD officers, civilian employees say they won’t t... by KurtMueller on Sunday January 10, 2021 @10:36PM (#25724114)

In 2020, COVID-19 was the 3rd leading cause of death in the United Staes - behind heart disease and cancer. It's the only cause of death in the top 5 that's transmissible from person to person.

People watch what they eat to avoid heart disease and wear seatbelts to prevent dying in car accidents. Why not wear PPE to prevent COVID-19?

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Re:20% of LAPD officers, civilian employees say they won’t t... by postalrat on Monday January 11, 2021 @12:05AM (#25724773)

You should use PPE but don't say it prevents covid. If that were true then it would have been under control long ago.

PPE reduces transmission. It doesn't stop it.

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Re:20% of LAPD officers, civilian employees say they won’t t... by anonunivgrad on Monday January 11, 2021 @03:38PM (#25736337)

Those deaths are almost all among the extremely old or extremely unhealthy. Consider that that vast majority of doctors and nurses are neither.

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Re:20% of LAPD officers, civilian employees say they won’t t... by anonuser123456 on Monday January 11, 2021 @12:32AM (#25724974)

Long term morbidity?

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Re:20% of LAPD officers, civilian employees say they won’t t... by phobosanomaly on Sunday January 10, 2021 @10:30PM (#25724058)

So they don't spread it to their patients?

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