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| Topic | So did the vaccine mandates in some big cities actually help reduce numbers? |
| adjl 01/19/22 1:36:14 PM #40: | ReturnOfFa posted... I don't think framing them as 'vaccine avoidant strains' is responsible, considering those vaccines still have a massive effect on whether or not you will die or end up in hospital. The vaccine simply doesn't reduce transmission as much with Omicron, although it still does via a reduced contagious period. That argument can be made, but it's still true that Omicron is dodging much of the immunity conferred by the vaccines to infect fully-vaccinated people almost as readily as unvaccinated. There are nonetheless still benefits to being vaccinated, and I agree that emphasizing that is a good idea, but identifying it as vaccine-avoidant is still an accurate way to look at things, especially in a discussion on raw case numbers. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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