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originally posted by: Thoughtcrime
Even asymptotic disease…. isn’t that why they initially said COVID was so dangerous, because most infected people were asymptomatic?
If you get vaccinated, you won't get sick, if you do, you won't go to the hospital, but if you do, you won't get super sick, but if you do, you won't die, but if you do, it's because of those damn antivaxxers!
An asymptomatic infection is one in which a bacteria, virus, fungus, or parasite has invaded the body but has not yet caused any symptoms (like fever or a cough).
Your body may fight off the invader and you may never know it was there. Or, you may develop symptoms of the illness after an asymptomatic phase.
www.verywellhealth.com...
originally posted by: BrokenCircles
a reply to: Thoughtcrime
I just don't think of the 2 as being the same thing. You don't hear people say, "I was asymptomatic at first, but then....."
I don't know about the official definition, but I think of asymptomatic as being that you never showed symptoms.
originally posted by: GeechQuestInfo
Have to have a modicum of an education to parse why getting the vaccine is the smarter choice over not getting it.
Sadly, about 25% don’t understand how data analytics work.
Carlin said it best:
“Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.”
George Carlin on fear of germs
originally posted by: Thoughtcrime
a reply to: BrokenCircles
“… but because it takes a couple weeks after you contract it before it kicks in and you start feeling the effects/showing symptoms.”
That’s just another way of saying asymptomatic. I remember them saying very early on—March last year?—that the lockdowns were necessary because people were asymptomatic. I think the most often cited figure (their best guess, really) was that 90% of the infected were asymptomatic. You could have it and not even know it because you didn’t feel sick, but still pass it on.
originally posted by: Thoughtcrime
a reply to: NightSkyeB4Dawn
Star for ya! Yep. In the link I posted, Fauci claims we “won’t have herd immunity” until 90% of the population is vaccinated! I recall him saying last year, before the vaccines came out, that we wouldn’t reach herd immunity until 65% either had the vaccine or had recovered [and had naturally acquired immunity].
They keep moving the goalposts. But I’d bet you’re right…we’ve already reached herd immunity; the only thing they’ve got left is fear.
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Late last week, Fauci told the New York Times that new science had changed his thinking on the herd immunity threshold -- but he also admitted that his statements were influenced in part by "his gut feeling that the country is finally ready to hear what he really thinks."
Specifically, the fraction of people who would need immunity to SARS-CoV-2 (either through vaccination or recovery from prior infection) to extinguish the spread of the virus was initially estimated to be 60% to 70%. In recent weeks, Fauci had raised the percentage: from 70% to 75%, and then to 75%, 80%, and 85%.
Allow me to quote verbatim from the article, titled "How Much Herd Immunity Is Enough?":
"When polls said only about half of all Americans would take a vaccine, I was saying herd immunity would take 70 to 75 percent," Fauci said. "Then, when newer surveys said 60 percent or more would take it, I thought, 'I can nudge this up a bit,' so I went to 80, 85."