Re:Finland joins Sweden and Denmark in limiting Moderna Covi...
by tinus_hn on Thursday October 07, 2021 @06:34PM
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Vaccinated people can still get infected and transmit the virus to others, with or without mutations. The idea that vaccinated people are ‘safe to be around’ is an outdated fantasy.
Re:Finland joins Sweden and Denmark in limiting Moderna Covi...
by lightsighter on Friday October 08, 2021 @01:48AM
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I never said it stopped all transmission, but it will stop a large fraction of it. We're playing games of probability. Anybody that deals in absolutes is living in a fantasy world.
Re:Finland joins Sweden and Denmark in limiting Moderna Covi...
by jamps on Friday October 08, 2021 @05:50AM
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Latest studies don't seem to agree with your statement:
"Increases in COVID-19 are unrelated to levels of vaccination across 68 countries and 2947 counties in the United States"
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10654-021-00808-7
The theory of vaccinating people to protect others is taking another hit. It looks more that we should focus on proposing the vaccine to the people at risk (clearly identified, >65 years old, or multiple co-morbidity) for their own survival
Because they still contribute to chain of transmission to the most vulnerable members of society, likely in a disproportional way since younger members of society tend to socialize more. Fighting a virus is a collective action. In order to stop transmission to the vulnerable members, you need to cut edges along all paths through the graph. Furthermore, additional spread, even among healthy people with no side effects, increases the probability of mutations that lead to more fit variants capable of causing even more sickness and death.