No one gets an STD at the grocery store or their workplace from close proximity to the infected. Very few people die from STDs (comparatively speaking to COVID) and they are not overloading hospitals.
I am exhausted that people who share your opinion are dragging the pandemic out for whatever illogical reasoning justifies the beliefs and behavior. Your rights end where someone else’s begin, but apparently these people don’t believe their rights end anywhere, regardless of the harm they cause.
[1] https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/12/09/9443799...
[2] https://www.boisestatepublicradio.org/news/2021-09-07/idaho-...
[3] https://www.doh.wa.gov/Newsroom/Articles/ID/2916/Statement-o...
Un-scientific mandates affect the supply of healthcare workers, https://tamicam.substack.com/p/are-government-vaccine-mandat...
> It's ironic that the same camp currently blaming persons with acquired (Gold standard) immunity from prior infection of Covid ... for overwhelming medical systems, when by ignoring the actual immunity status of a person, they are undermining the entire medical system? The crisis they are creating goes against every basic principle of Immunology.
> Essential frontline medical workers last year are highly likely to have already been exposed to Covid at one point, so why does no one simply ask for their immune status, instead of “ Vaccine - or no job”? The vaccine does not stop transmission of the virus, as we know. Why are we instead firing all the workers who may not even have any need for the Jab at all, and aren’t willing to jeopardize their own health by taking it?
They’ve received other vaccinations to work [1]. They’ve been educated how vaccines work. There is no excuse for being unvaccinated as a healthcare professional.
[1] https://www.cdc.gov/phlp/publications/topic/vaccinationlaws....
The most-protected group of people, who pose the least risk to other humans or healthcare systems, are the Covid-recovered, whether vaccinated or unvaccinated.
This is not surprising and in line with many other infectious diseases, see e.g. [1].
I only read the term "gold standard immunity" in a US context and it's almost always politically charged.
[1] https://twitter.com/ENirenberg/status/1412865782862725125
From this recent study out of Israel: https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.08.24.21262415v...
SARS-CoV-2-naïve vaccinees had a 13.06-fold (95% CI, 8.08 to 21.11) increased risk for breakthrough infection with the Delta variant compared to those previously infected, when the first event (infection or vaccination) occurred during January and February of 2021. The increased risk was significant (P<0.001) for symptomatic disease as well. When allowing the infection to occur at any time before vaccination (from March 2020 to February 2021), evidence of waning natural immunity was demonstrated, though SARS-CoV-2 naïve vaccinees had a 5.96-fold (95% CI, 4.85 to 7.33) increased risk for breakthrough infection and a 7.13-fold (95% CI, 5.51 to 9.21) increased risk for symptomatic disease. SARS-CoV-2-naïve vaccinees were also at a greater risk for COVID-19-related-hospitalizations compared to those that were previously infected.
To be clear, the study here is talking about immunity 6 months after a final dose. It appears that at least for the Pfizer vaccine, immunity against infection and even symptomatic disease decays fairly rapidly after a couple months. At that time it still appears effective at preventing severe disease and hospitalization, though we might also expect that to decay over the next few months (too early to know).
Natural immunity decays too, but not nearly as rapidly per this study.
You are free to make your own choices in your prison cell.
> Even if vaccination did not reduce transmission rate, it increases survival rate in the event of infection
Taking away ones livelihood is a great way to increase survival and improve health.
> I am exhausted
Authoritarianism, fascism, and doublespeak are all very exhausting indeed.
Also, what's your view on government mandated exercise?
Exercise should be prescribed, but not mandated. The overweight and morbidly obese are not overloading medical systems, so it is less of a pressing concern.
[1] https://abc7.com/us-army-veteran-daniel-wilkinson-michelle-p... (US Army vet's mother demands change after son dies of non-COVID illness while waiting for ICU bed)
Good, I'm wearing you out. Can't wait for your side to fold.
You didn’t paste the whole quote. I guess this is going to be a long pandemic.