Yes, I know they did the vaccines differently in the UK and the vaccine used was mostly AZ, which is one we aren't using.
But combined with the Texas group and now with your posts talking about those very high fevers, it's starting to look like some of what we've been told about the vaccine is growing shaky. And, what will all this do to vaccine hesitancy???
What it should do to vaccine hesitancy if people are rational is convince them to get the vaccine, NOW. As I pointed out, a vaccine that 'only' works about 60-70% of the time against getting the Delta variant, and higher than that against hospitalization, is FAR, FAR, FAR, FAR, FAR better than ZERO PERCENT (0.00%), which is the effectiveness of nothing against Delta.
I don't understand even how you ask this question, to be honest. And told what, by whom, about COVID vaccines? Read the latest from CDC or about 100 other sources if you want to know about COVID, Delta variant, and how vaccines reduce the odds of a bad case.
Then, we pair this with a time when many a country is opening more - UK relaxing many restrictions, Canada opening their border to the US, and the US (in general) trying to get back to normal. I'm not in favor of shutdowns and think reinstated shutdowns would be met with unbelievable resistance (people have had it with shutdowns and wonder what good they did, if any).
But, my gosh, we appear to be headed into a real mess of conflicting issues with rapidly growing case numbers, the (now being more realized) risk to the vaccinated as well as the unvaccinated and attempts of many a country to get back to normal. What a weird recent week in COVID news creating conflicting messages, problems and agendas!
There is no conflicting message about vaccines from anyone even marginally informed about the facts as we know them. Vaccines work. If you want to protect yourself and others, get vaccinated. That's the message and it's a very simple one.
Against the original strains the COVID vaccines, all of them in this country, are virtually 100% effective against a serious case, hospitalization and death. Against Delta, they are FAR more effective than the nothing, and Delta is just incredibly contagious, so those who didn't get COVID the first time because it was mostly spread indoors and when in close contact for an extended time can get it now with fleeting contact, apparently. If they are vaccinated, risk of infection goes down, and so does risk of hospitalization and death. That's what all the data tell us at this point.
What part of that message is conflicting? The only 'agenda' that conflicts with that simple message is the agenda of a bunch of right wing death cultists, grifters, and morons creating controversy about a vaccine when there should be none for the VAST majority of the population - get vaccinated.
