Re:Google and Facebook mandate vaccines for employees at U.S...
by TulliusCicero on Thursday July 29, 2021 @03:32AM
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> Many people who are double vaccinated are testing positive for COVID and therefore capable of spreading it
Yes, but the fact that symptoms tend to be much weaker in the vaccinated likely means it's less likely to spread from them. Currently, the problem is that we have those breakthrough cases, plus also the unvaccinated still spreading the disease.
That said, it's true that the new delta variant may mean we need further boosters.
Re:Google and Facebook mandate vaccines for employees at U.S...
by deanclatworthy on Thursday July 29, 2021 @04:21AM
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As mentioned in the parent comment I made, it's a game of odds. It's one thing wearing a mask at the supermarket and passing someone with covid. But if I go to the office, pick up COVID, and I live in the same home as someone who is immunocompromised, they don't stand a chance. This is the reality for many millions of families around the world.
Look at the data from the UK. The pandemic is far from over there, although hospitalisations are far far lower than previous peaks. There is a non-significant amount of immunocompromised people in the UK (1million+). Maybe the data we are seeing is because the immunocompromised people who take risks all ended up in hospital and died.
Maybe, what you are left with is a huge number of people scared shitless at home, hiding, lonely, scared in a country where everyone is being told everything is fine. My father is in this position, double vaccinated and tested negative for antibodies. Current data shows extremely low efficacy and antibody production in immunocompromised people.