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Re:18.7 Million Americans Vaccinated by cik on Monday January 25, 2021 @06:50AM (#25902140)
Living in Israel I can tell you that the (current) plan involves masks and distancing for the entirety of 2021. We now have reasonable evidence that those vaccinated folks are still transmitters of the virus, and as of today, the majority of new cases in the last 48 hours were from the UK strain that targets children.

The real worry here is unfortunately human behaviour and not science. The science is clear, and it's been said/written/screamed/spraypainted that the #1 reason we have all of these restrictions is actually human behaviour as opposed to the virus itself.

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Re:18.7 Million Americans Vaccinated by loveistheanswer on Monday January 25, 2021 @09:36AM (#25903535)
>The science is clear, and it's been said/written/screamed/spraypainted that the #1 reason we have all of these restrictions is actually human behaviour as opposed to the virus itself.

Nope, if the virus didnt exist, there would be no restrictions; therefore, it is the primary reason.

Has there ever been a control group or any historical precedence to scientifically support the questionable hypothesis that a highly contagious virus can be can be globally controlled simply by controlling human behavior? (i.e. locking down entire nations while "essential workers" -- poor people -- are still forced to go to work)

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Re:18.7 Million Americans Vaccinated by mbg721 on Monday January 25, 2021 @09:44AM (#25903634)
Mere history won't stop us from trying to restrict human behavior into oblivion.
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