Vaccines work rather well to prevent serious illness... etc
Yet another sign that you don't understand viruses or vaccines.
Millions can't get vaccinated in the first place. Not everyone gets the exact same benefit from a vaccination -- as with natural immunity, there's some variability to it. Thus, someone who is fully vaccinated may still be vulnerable. The more sick people they come across on a daily basis, the more exposure they get, the higher the chance of a breakthrough.
Not in Florida. COVID is not analogous to age limits on those vices.
lol... Yes, dude, the imposition is the same everywhere. "Show me your vaccine card" is no different than "show me your ID."
Well healthcare environments are different...
And yet they are the same, when it comes to governments legally mandating vaccines. And aren't you arguing
against health care mandates?
COVID was far deadly when there were no vaccines to protect older people and others at high risk and MDs had little understanding of the pathophysiology and how COVID was killing patients early on.
Oh, really? Then why has the case fatality rate in the US stayed the same since January, and hasn't fallen
at all during 2020?
it would make more sense to mandate flu shots every year for kids and teachers than COVID shots, except for older and sicker teachers.
Good news! This is not a zero-sum game. There's no reason why we cannot require both. In fact, I'm saying we
should require both.
Those studies looked at antibody levels but predicting naturally acquired immunity based on those biomarkers is far from proof of anything.
Oh... So wait... Are you saying that antibody tests can't prove that people with natural immunity are immune from the virus?
Aren't those the same kinds of tests that you want us to use, rather than vaccinate people?
Oh, and it hasn't escaped my attention that you haven't provided a single stitch of data to back up your claims.
Clearly naturally acquired immunity is more wholistic than mRNA induced immunity. Look at the Israeli study data.
lol
"Wholistic" -- don't you mean "holistic?" Who is measuring that? How are they measuring it?
Are you referring to the study published in August, which was an observational study? Haven't you repeatedly taken a shit on observational studies, proclaiming that RCTs are basically the only "real" option? Or perhaps you're referring to some other study which, oh, I dunno... uses the same kind of antibody tests you dumped on a few paragraphs ago? Shouldn't someone whose job is to evaluate studies avoid such rank hypocrisy in evaluating studies?
Oh, and as a reminder: It's better to get vaccinated than infected; and better to get a booster than to get reinfected. Plenty of studies make
that clear.
You are misinterpreting my point. Red herring and straw dogs are what debate loser do.
Lol... No, it isn't. You are, after all, saying that people who can prove they recovered from COVID should be exempt from vaccination. That means a lot of people giving blood tests.
Nor did this come out of the blue -- you've responded to comments about a comparison between vaccination and a blood test.
Apparently all those government mandates are not working so well in Europe either. What does that tell you?
lol
What mandates? Almost all mandates in Europe are only for health care workers. Most of those nations are 75% - 80% vaccinated, which isn't enough to reach herd immunity.
Austria imposed Europe's first nationwide vaccine mandate only a few weeks ago. This was in part because the virus was running rampant, vaccination rates declined precipitously after the summer, and vaccination rates were stuck around 66% for months. After the mandate was imposed, the rate of vaccination increased five-fold.
So yeah, the example of Austria makes it clear that a) people aren't getting vaccinated enough without mandates, and b) vaccine mandates work. Thanks for bringing it up!
