The goal is that a high percentage of citizens gets vaccinated within a window of time, and this reduces the spread of the virus, and the severity, to a degree that the virus should not be able to thrive due to lack of vulnerable hosts.
This is what experts in pandemics say. There is too much disinformation that is making poorly informed citizens feel like they need to avoid the vaccine. The irony is many of these people are now being exposed, getting deathly ill, many hospitalized, and a growing number dying. It's karma at work.
But it is also hurting people like me who has lost work, income, and ruined my plans for racing this fall. It screws up lives. To the Right this is fantastic. They don't want the Democrats or experts to be correct in what they say about the pandemic. As long as the pandemic remains a serious problem it makes the administration look bad. And the administration decides to set mandates, and the Right makes that another issue to attack the administration.
So far we have 83% so far on the states.
US Coronavirus vaccine tracker I think Biden is trying to get 90%. We're pretty close. The unvaccinated that makeup 20% could be exempt, choose not, antivax, not near vax place, choose not cause of low risk level. Number of reasons. It'll probably shrink as time goes on given the mandates.
I don't see it that way. To me that's like saying people shouldn't have gone to work even though they didn't know they'd die in 911. Assuming catching COVID or suffering traumatic events are under our control. They say vaccinated can spread the virus so that puts a loophole in that argument.
In my opinion
I don't see how many provaxxers caring if they laugh at some people with COVID and not others. I see no difference in suffering.
Look how many people are saying the vaccines aren't working. But they never said to be cures. The rhetoric is getting more severe, and the Right seems to be winning the fight against America.
I don't keep up with them. They are a minority. But on RF I see people question the efficiency of the vaccine (as we should ALL meds and vaccines) but only one saying it doesn't work comparing it to poison.
There are people with conditions that make them need to avoid the vaccine and exposure to Covid. That is an issue they have with their doctors, and they need to design a strategy to navigate a society that includes many irresponsible members who are indifferent to the lives of others.
Yes. They can still spread the virus. Which is weird cause if you have five unvaccinated exempt people with a vax person I assume they'd be ok but if one non exempt was in the same room they won't.
My guess it's not about the spread.
Imagine if you went into society and knew any one of the people you encountered could kill you, but never be held accountable for it.
I don't see it that way. I'd be in a psych ward (no pun) if I thought people would kill me cause I thought everyone walked around with guns in their pockets. That's a sign of fear.
I am in that type of society, before, during, and will after COVID.
Well, only 70-80% of a population need to be vaccinated to reach herd immunity. That number may be higher now with the Delta variant because it is more contagious and replicates copies in higher numbers. The small number of medical exempt people are likely to avoid being in public given the huge risk of exposure to Covid, so they are unlikely
83% so far in the states but for some reason that's not enough.
I see the solution going beyond vaccines really. But masks and vaccines were our second line of defense after lock downs. Now what.
