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originally posted by: dug88
a reply to: chr0naut
So...masks don't stop it, the vaccine doesn't stop it, but not wearing them or taking the vaccine will somehow make the virus mutate more because there's more of the virus inside the people who don't wear masks or take the vaccine...
And the people questioning this are the one's who need to listen to science...Ummm ok then...
originally posted by: ketsuko
a reply to: chr0naut
But it is.
If the vaccination is so effective that vaccinated people have around a 1 in 1,000 chance of getting it should they come into contact with an infected person, then what are the odds they are ever going to get infected to have to worry about spreading it themselves?
The primary problem is NOT breakthrough infections.
So vaccinated people should not be placed under mask mandate.
CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said recent studies had shown that those vaccinated individuals who do become infected with Covid have just as much viral load as the unvaccinated, making it possible for them to spread the virus to others.
Given how infectious the variant is, some health experts are now also questioning the effectiveness of standard cloth masks and advocating for more effective masks like the KN95 to be recommended for indoor use for all, particularly among the elderly and the immunocompromised. One study found those infected with the delta variant carried 1,000 times the virus as with earlier strains.
Breakthrough infections are more common than previously thought, and probably growing in incidence with the ascendance and now dominance of the Delta variant.
Why do we have to wear a mask if I am vaccinated?
originally posted by: DBCowboy
I just can't believe how cowardly and fearful people have become.
*shakes head*
originally posted by: ketsuko
a reply to: chr0naut
Still not addressing how bad it can get if fully vaccinated people are only going to have a 1 in 1,000 chance of getting it any time they run into someone who might have it. That's pretty hard to contract.
Heck, you're about as likely to drown.
At 1 chance in 1,000, if you come into close enough contact with 1,000 infected people, like in a crowd, you're going to get it. That's how the numbers work.
originally posted by: chr0naut
a reply to: Brassmonkey
Perhaps they are trying to get rid of COVID-19 by as many ways as they can, to make it happen faster.
As has been pointed out, even vaccinated people can still transfer the virus around even if they get it out of their systems faster.
originally posted by: Bicent
a reply to: chr0naut
At this point after hearing how contagious this disease is I reckon, most have caught it, and never knew it asymptomatic, etc. or some have and had cold like symptoms etc. whoever per all the tv talking heads and politicians who have not caught this yet must be living in a bunker.
originally posted by: Gothmog
originally posted by: chr0naut
a reply to: Brassmonkey
Perhaps they are trying to get rid of COVID-19 by as many ways as they can, to make it happen faster.
As has been pointed out, even vaccinated people can still transfer the virus around even if they get it out of their systems faster.
Then why do they call it a vaccine ?
Name only ?
originally posted by: myselfaswell
a reply to: chr0naut
At 1 chance in 1,000, if you come into close enough contact with 1,000 infected people, like in a crowd, you're going to get it. That's how the numbers work.
So using that logic, if I buy a lottery ticket of which there's only 1000, I'm definitely going to win.
The fear mongering is nauseating.
originally posted by: chr0naut
originally posted by: Gothmog
originally posted by: chr0naut
a reply to: Brassmonkey
Perhaps they are trying to get rid of COVID-19 by as many ways as they can, to make it happen faster.
As has been pointed out, even vaccinated people can still transfer the virus around even if they get it out of their systems faster.
Then why do they call it a vaccine ?
Name only ?
It's still a vaccine. No vaccine magically just instantly makes a disease go away. They take time and are imperfect in efficiency.