Re:Pfizer board member suggests end to mask, vaccine mandates
by nradov on Thursday January 27, 2022 @05:30PM
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My opinion on the matter is irrelevant. There is no reliable, quantitative scientific evidence that vaccination actually reduces variant emergence rates. It's an interesting hypothesis but hasn't been proven or disproven.
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Re:Pfizer board member suggests end to mask, vaccine mandates
by kmonad on Thursday January 27, 2022 @06:10PM
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It is pretty obviously so, and it's also not controversial really.
e.g. https://www.channelnewsasia.com/commentary/covid-omicron-var...
>Do the unvaccinated populations fuel the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 variants?
> The consensus among the scientific community is yes, they likely do. Unvaccinated people have less protection from the SARS-CoV-2 virus and thus would allow more of the virus to multiply within them.
> The higher rate of virus multiplication in the unvaccinated is likely to result in more possible mutations of the virus, resulting in the emergence of a larger number of variants in unvaccinated than vaccinated people.
I think at this point there is not much more to say here, at least from my end. Have a great day.