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Re:Masks Are Back, Maybe for the Long Term by king_magic on Monday August 09, 2021 @10:31AM (#28117333)
As I've said in another comment, the science is demonstrating that the vaccinated can spread Covid just as easily (though likely for a much shorter duration) than the unvaccinated. And the vaccinated can still (rarely) get severely sick. So it's still a danger to everyone.

Given that reality, the only responsible choice is for everyone to suck it up and wear a mask.

Now had the unvaccinated in the US bothered to get vaccinated, the Delta variant might never have taken hold.

Re:Masks Are Back, Maybe for the Long Term by briefcomment on Monday August 09, 2021 @10:42AM (#28117516)
> Now had the unvaccinated in the US bothered to get vaccinated, the Delta variant might never have taken hold.

That's conjecture. A conclusion from this study[1] is that vaccines correlate with dominance of fitter variants, including Delta. That suggests that it's possible that vaccines allow them to propagate.

"the decline in lineage diversity was indeed correlated with increased rates of mass vaccination. Furthermore, the decline in lineage diversity was coupled with increased dominance of the B.1.1.7 (alpha), B.1.1.617 (delta) and P.1 (gamma) variants of concern, suggesting that these variants may be “fitter” SARS-CoV-2 lineages.”

[1] https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.07.01.21259833v...

Re:Masks Are Back, Maybe for the Long Term by frockington1 on Monday August 09, 2021 @10:34AM (#28117373)
As a vaccinated person, I don't care if the unvaccinated get Covid. They made a choice, let them deal with the repercussions
Re:Masks Are Back, Maybe for the Long Term by jollybean on Monday August 09, 2021 @11:02AM (#28117801)
" They made a choice, let them deal with the repercussions"

Oi vei.

You will pay the price along with them.

So long as the pandemic persists, any number of our systems are compromised, especially our healthcare system.

You still have a decent chance of getting COVID even with the vaccine, though it'll likely be mild, you can still be hospitalized and face consequences.

The vaccine is not a 'seat belt' i.e. just an individual action resulting in some individual consequence, it affects everyone.

Re:Masks Are Back, Maybe for the Long Term by king_magic on Monday August 09, 2021 @10:36AM (#28117407)
You should, because you can still get Covid from one of those unvaccinated people - and you might die from it, or spread it to someone else who might die from it.
Re:Masks Are Back, Maybe for the Long Term by morsch on Monday August 09, 2021 @10:40AM (#28117470)
What is the risk of serious illness (and/or death) from delta covid after double vaccination? Too soon to tell?