1) What "tanj" conveniently failed to mention that Trump was dealing with the original China COVID-19 - that's been superseded by the much more infectious and deadly Delta Variant from India!
2) China, South Africa, Brazil, Britain, India - there have been 5 major variants over the last 22 months and its just a matter of time before an even more virulent mutation comes over the horizon!
3) Given that all the current vaccines were developed in response to the original variant, the more the anti-vaxxers resist, the greater the probability of a new variant that render these vaccines ineffective!
4) As for "ostracizing the unvaccinated," recently 500,000 children tested positive over a 2 week period - those with children in general and under 12 in particular don't take kindly to having their lives unnecessarily jeopardized by the "unvaccinated!
5) Should the situation arise that the vaccinated majority is no longer protected because of a new variant - the "unvaccinated" had better pray that day never arrives!
1) so the question remains: what has Biden done to combat the more infectious and deadly delta variant?
3) so what new vaccine has biden initiated a national drive to develop? we heard about the efforts that trump put into getting the first vaccines out, why do we not hear the same level of effort being made by biden? how many doses has biden secured ahead of development? what new treatments has he pressed into development?
what has he done except for push vaccination and masks? considering the fact of declining antibody lifespan, breakthrough cases and breakthrough deaths, the idea that a vaccine is the answer and solution to the entire pandemic is clearly faulty.
4) I have been considered an essential worker the entire time and have been out and working continuously through out this pandemic. I have only worn a mask on a few occasions when I was required to by a jobsite that I needed to visit. I have had several co workers become infected. so far all have returned to work. one who was in his 70s is still out and may well retire rather than return. I have yet to test positive. I have had multiple family members, including my daughter that lives at home, test positive and recover without incident. we never wore masks at home even then and she wasn't isolated or kept separate. the case fatality rate of this virus in the US is currently 1.625% and falling. it continues to be and has been below that of the combined EU from the beginning. the focus should never have been on number of cases, but on how many infected died. the vaccines that we have show us that they are not the ultimate solution to this virus. their effectiveness is declining, the lifespan of the antibodies is declining.
a 1.625% case fatality rate is not "unnecessarily jeopardizing" anyone.
5) those that choose to not vaccinate are not guaranteed to die, nor are they guaranteed to infect others. those that haven't vaccinated didn't catch this virus so far and the ones that did and recovered shouldn't have to worry too much. you and many others are presenting this as though an infection is a death sentence for both the infected and anyone they came within 6 feet of.
the people that are unable to be vaccinated were already forced to live their lives differently and more cautiously before this virus. that will not change.
this novel virus has had a field day taking out those most at risk. as we continue and as the virus slowly winds down, those rates of death are declining.
points 4 and 5 you offer are only hyperbolic over-reaction and fear mongering. the use of exclamation points on all 5 points is a strong indicator of that.
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