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Unveiled Artist

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I think that you were overlooking one large statistic. If I cough in the face of an unvaccinated person they are pretty much 100% chance going to become infected. (If you are not vaccinated, then eventually you WILL contract CoViD). But if I cough in the face of a vaccinated person then they only have a 0.1% chance of getting significant symptoms requiring hospitalization. furthermore they only have about a 0.5% chance of even becoming infected at all.
Therefore if we put 400 people in a room (200 unvaxx, and 200 vax) and mingle in some CoViD “spreaders”. All 200 unvaxxed get infected and all 200 become new “spreaders”. And only 1 (that’s one) of the vaxxed people become “spreaders”.

So ‘yes’, :rolleyes: technically, if you look at it like Faux Noose does :facepalm:, then both vaxxed AND unvaxxed can “spread” the disease. Or rather, both have the capacity to infect others, would be a better way to phrase it. Because if the disease has an R0 value of 0.05 (1 in 200 downwind get infected), then the virus will die out long before it can become worrisome to the population. (Hint: with an R0 value below 1.0, a disease won’t spread).

In other words, unless you are severely debilitated or otherwise immunosuppressed, then worrying about “breakthrough infections” after vaccination is a propaganda scare, pulled over your eyes to make you think that vaccination will not help stop the virus from spreading.

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100% chance?

We're in contact with viruses all the time. Unvax have more of a chance to get infected but no one is god to know how much the infection will be serious...it depends on

1. Health
2. Age
3. Habits
4. And other risk factors

If you coughed in my face without COVID I won't get sick. But since vax can spread the virus I'd stay 6 feet from you.

Weird example because if you want to prevent harming others coughing in their face isn't the way to do it
 
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Subduction Zone

Veteran Member
Of course. It's with any virus. You sick you stay home. Both work and schools have that policy.

It's usually reserved for those who have symptoms not those who don't. Since we can't determine who has the virus based on vac status we can only go by general statistics. Though COVID doesn't follow the rules, it's the best control we can get.
Why do you not understand that you can spread the virus long before you "feel sick".

Do you get tested every single day? Please answer yes or no.
 

Subduction Zone

Veteran Member
No.

How does this relate to my reply?
You seemed to think that staying at home when you feel sick is somehow a preventative action. It is not good enough.

One more time, A person can have this virus for up to a a week and be contagious without knowing it. Bu the time you "feel sick and stay home" it is too late.

That is why you would need to get tested every day not to be a threat to others. Or to put it more correctly, for you not to be a bigger threat than a vaccinated person is to others. Vaccinated people can become ill too, but they do so at a lower rate.
 

F1fan

Veteran Member
Of course. It's with any virus. You sick you stay home. Both work and schools have that policy.

It's usually reserved for those who have symptoms not those who don't.
It's also for those who were exposed to a known person with covid. For example if you were at work and was in the general vicinity of a co-worker who later tested positive, there is a possibility you are infected and must quarantine. And then get tested.

Since we can't determine who has the virus based on vac status we can only go by general statistics.
Testing is more accurate.

Though COVID doesn't follow the rules, it's the best control we can get.
Covid is quite predictable. It's just that there is a significant percentage of citizens who refuse to follow expert advice. And the pandemic is destined to be endemic.
 

Unveiled Artist

Veteran Member
You seemed to think that staying at home when you feel sick is somehow a preventative action. It is not good enough.

One more time, A person can have this virus for up to a a week and be contagious without knowing it. Bu the time you "feel sick and stay home" it is too late.

That is why you would need to get tested every day not to be a threat to others. Or to put it more correctly, for you not to be a bigger threat than a vaccinated person is to others. Vaccinated people can become ill too, but they do so at a lower rate.

Yes. Yes. Yes. I know. It seems like when you guys say these things over again it should spark a different reaction.

My overall point, which is gone now, is that vaccinated can spread the virus too. I also said to @F1fan that both vaccinated and unvaccinated people can spread the virus if we caught COVID.
 

Subduction Zone

Veteran Member
Yes. Yes. Yes. I know. It seems like when you guys say these things over again it should spark a different reaction.

My overall point, which is gone now, is that vaccinated can spread the virus too. I also said to @F1fan that both vaccinated and unvaccinated people can spread the virus if we caught COVID.
And I agree. They can. But they are not as big of a threat as you are.

Do you understand that?
 

Unveiled Artist

Veteran Member
It's also for those who were exposed to a known person with covid. For example if you were at work and was in the general vicinity of a co-worker who later tested positive, there is a possibility you are infected and must quarantine. And then get tested.

True. There is a possibility.

Testing is more accurate.

If the risk warranted it.

Covid is quite predictable. It's just that there is a significant percentage of citizens who refuse to follow expert advice. And the pandemic is destined to be endemic.

Since this is a world wide pandemic, there's only but so much you can speak about people's individual circumstances before being off the mark.
 

Unveiled Artist

Veteran Member
And I agree. They can. But they are not as big of a threat as you are.

Do you understand that?

Yes.

Understanding doesn't change people's minds. Usually, they have an intrinsic motivation (say civic duty), high risk (say age or in a populated environment), because they are told they are in danger so that influences people, and just people's general sense of safety is breached.

There are some vaccinated on RF who want to get back to normal life, not wear masks, and participate in everyday events. If those are incentives to get vaccinated, so be. It's more than understanding.
 

Subduction Zone

Veteran Member
@Unveiled Artist , here is an analogy. Let's say that both you and a person with a blood alcohol volume of 0.15% were driving your cars. Now the odds of anyone getting into an accident at night goes up. Since both of you have an increased chance of getting into an accident and hurting someone else does that make it okay for the drunk person to drive?
 

Subduction Zone

Veteran Member
Yes.

Understanding doesn't change people's minds. Usually, they have an intrinsic motivation (say civic duty), high risk (say age or in a populated environment), because they are told they are in danger so that influences people, and just people's general sense of safety is breached.

There are some vaccinated on RF who want to get back to normal life, not wear masks, and participate in everyday events. If those are incentives to get vaccinated, so be. It's more than understanding.
I don't think that you fully understand. You keep ignoring the fact that vaccination lowers the chance of passing it on. The main reason it has not gone away is because of people refusing to get the vaccination.

It is very hypocritical to wish for the days of no masks while refusing to get the vaccination.
 

Unveiled Artist

Veteran Member
@Unveiled Artist , here is an analogy. Let's say that both you and a person with a blood alcohol volume of 0.15% were driving your cars. Now the odds of anyone getting into an accident at night goes up. Since both of you have an increased chance of getting into an accident and hurting someone else does that make it okay for the drunk person to drive?

It depends on if I drink and drive. But if I were in that situation, the chances increase when its night time therefore hurting someone is probable. I don't see it as a good comparison though. If someone drinks and drives, swerve on the road, and hit someone we don't need to guess. We know what happened. If I went to a department store and someone got COVID there's no direct association even if people feel strongly there would be one in this scenario. The former goes off what we know and the latter goes off what's probable. I don't go off of probability of catching and spreading COVID unless I put myself in higher risk to warrant the worry-not because someone told me I should worry.

There's a good amount of people who vaccinated out of fear, but most likely their worry was warranted. For example, some RF members have family members or knew people with COVID. Populations vary by country and people contact varies per, say, culture. Just so many things involved that if I were to vaccinate now it would be just because.
 

Subduction Zone

Veteran Member
Okay, I don't want any members of RF to get sick and possibly die. But even more so I do not want to see any of you to be part of the problem and pass this disease on. This article has very recent evidence on Covid19:

Delta variant vaccinated vs. unvaccinated: This new CDC chart shows how well COVID-19 vaccines work

If you look at the charts you can see that vaccinated people can get Covid too. But at a much lower rate than vaccinated people. The unvaccinated are over five times more likely to get ill and as a result are over five times as likely to pass it on.
 

Subduction Zone

Veteran Member
It depends on if I drink and drive. But if I were in that situation, the chances increase when its night time therefore hurting someone is probable. I don't see it as a good comparison though. If someone drinks and drives, swerve on the road, and hit someone we don't need to guess. We know what happened. If I went to a department store and someone got COVID there's no direct association even if people feel strongly there would be one in this scenario. The former goes off what we know and the latter goes off what's probable. I don't go off of probability of catching and spreading COVID unless I put myself in higher risk to warrant the worry-not because someone told me I should worry.

There's a good amount of people who vaccinated out of fear, but most likely their worry was warranted. For example, some RF members have family members or knew people with COVID. Populations vary by country and people contact varies per, say, culture. Just so many things involved that if I were to vaccinate now it would be just because.
So it is the ostrich defense.
 

Unveiled Artist

Veteran Member
So it is the ostrich defense.

It's not a defense. I make no excuses.

I don't change my mind off of information and conversation. Usually there is some type of inner motivation people do the things they do. I highly doubt people took the vaccine just because even if they were all afraid for one reason or another.
 

F1fan

Veteran Member
Yes. Yes. Yes. I know. It seems like when you guys say these things over again it should spark a different reaction.

My overall point, which is gone now, is that vaccinated can spread the virus too. I also said to @F1fan that both vaccinated and unvaccinated people can spread the virus if we caught COVID.
It's kinda like someone driving through a school zone at 100 mph versus 10 mph. The unvaccinated high speed drivers will kill more people. It's NOT equal as a threat. You keep blowing off this huge difference as if we are all fools.
 

F1fan

Veteran Member
Since this is a world wide pandemic, there's only but so much you can speak about people's individual circumstances before being off the mark.
That gets you off the hook as one of many millions of non-vaxxers. I guess you won't think yourself responsible, but you are still part of the conspiracy.
 

Unveiled Artist

Veteran Member
It's kinda like someone driving through a school zone at 100 mph versus 10 mph. The unvaccinated high speed drivers will kill more people. It's NOT equal as a threat. You keep blowing off this huge difference as if we are all fools.

I don't agree with that analogy.
It's already putting unvax at fault and it's black and white thinking.

Think of it like this. If you can follow along.

I'm in a empty room unvaxed. I'm sitting on the floor minding my business.

You come in without knowing my vac status. We talk and all is fine for an hour.

Then I say I'm unvaxed. You are the one assuming the danger. You're assuming I put you in danger. It's your perception that those words mean I was going to harm you somehow. I'm not at fault for you believing you're in danger and any facts you bring up supports your own perception of threat.

So you go home and catch COVID. All of the sudden you make a wild association it must be my fault.

BUT I never said I had COVID. All that is on you. I just said I was unvaxed. You could have caught it from many reasons but humans tend to take common associations as facts before testing it.

My point is a lot of this unvax putting people in danger exists only to those who believe it.

I personally would worry if I knew someone had covid and they got in my face. Being unvax doesn't tell me what they have so why fret.

It's in the eye of the beholder.
 
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