Coronavirus

Not sure how you reached that conclusion. Vaccine has a reported rate of 90%, not 100%. That means 1 out of 10 people can s develop covid post vaccination. Do you need help with statistics, or do you have a political position that is counter to logic? Statistics we can help you with.

 

You mad bro? It also has a 99.7% survival rate. Statistics.

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Who won the election?

 

What does that have to do with anything? If you want to be mad, be mad at China.

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Ok boomer. Not answering is all the answer we need.

 

You sure are assuming a lot about me. Who is 'we'? What does winning an election have to do with Corona?

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My understanding is that the vaccine doesn't stop you catching it - it reduces the severity. I saw a graphic from the UK. If you had 100 non-vaxed people who would end up in ICU, after first vax shot, only 16 of these end up in ICU and after second vax, only 4. We really aren't eliminating it - just mitigating the outcome from it.

 

Can anyone explain vaccine hesitancy and skepticism without politics? You ahould look up the paradox of intolerance. You cannot rationalize someone out of their position that they reached irrationally. But enough ridicule at least causes some to keep to themselves and not spread their mental poison.

 

It is a funny thing. In Australia, at least, current outbreak in Sydney notwithstanding, we have had very few cases, very little hospitalisation and very few deaths. We have had hesitancy because most people don't see a burning need. Our Fed government appeared to play into this by not really ordering enough vax for everyone (Oz is last in the OECD for vaccination rates). They also figured we would mostly use AZ, as it can be locally manufactured. As it turns out this wasn't a great decision.

The current Sydney lockdown (going on 5 weeks now, and not really slowing down the current delta outbreak) has been a real catalyst for people to actively seek a vaccine.

We really only have access to AZ and (not enough) Pfizer. The gov advice was not to give AZ to under 60s because of the risk of blood clotting, though this has now changed to "discuss with your doctor whether you should have AZ" for anyone. The media played a hefty part in people not wanting AZ because of the infinitely tiny risk of blood clotting.

I have had my first AZ (before the advice was for us under 60s to not have it) and have about a month to wait for my second shot (supposed to be 12 weeks apart for maximum efficacy). Pfizer shots are 3 weeks apart, but our supply of this in Oz is limited. Further, because of the limitation our Govt has rules on who is eligible (I have a 17 year old son - who is not yet eligible).

I also think social media gives a platform for the conspiracy theorists and anti-vaxxers to spread misinformation much more easily than previously possible. Most people are too lazy to research debunked theories and will latch onto something that sounds reasonable.

I want to get vaccinated as sometime in the near future, I'd like to go on f!@#ing holidays again, and being restricted to where I can go sucks!

 

They work.
The problem is the variants.
But at least if you catch one you are way less likely to die.
Like 98% less likely.
Seems like good odds to me.
Like wearing a seatbelt.
It doesn't mean you won't get into a crash, it doesn't mean you won't die, it just means your odds are a hell of a lot better.

 

The big question I have is where is the vaccine formulated to protect against the variants? They were really quick to make an mRNA vaccine for testing against the original strain, but need to do some more work on speeding up a booster shot against the delta and other variants. Throw in some common cold Coronavirus protection too and maybe preventing the common cold would help people want to get vaccinated, because most people have had colds before.

Biden has until October/November to get it under control, because once the holidays start and people travel and spend more time inside, it is going to get bad. Even if it was only the unvaccinated and previously uuninfected 120,000,000 at risk.

 

" You will not wear masks in this church! You will not wear masks in this church! Do not get vaccinated! Do not get vaccinated!"


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This is happening more often than we might think.

 

I tested positive for breakthrough covid this morning after symptoms started up Friday evening. I had my pfizer vaccine shots the end of April.

 

Wishing you a speedy recovery.

 

The mRNA “target” of the vaccine, so to speak, encodes a protein that is just a building block of the COVID virus, not the entire virus. Even with variation/evolution of the virus, this building block molecule has been pretty consistent and allows the immune system to recognize at least some of the variants. How effective the immune system is at attacking the rest of the virus or the virus as a whole, however, is part of why people are still getting sick post-vaccine but not as severely.

 

Take good care of yourself man.

 

All of these breakthrough cases make me want to talk to my new PCP on Friday about getting a booster. Especially if I'm potentially going back to working in the medical world.