randolphrowzee
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I believe that the main response to the herd immunity theory is that if the virus was fairly harmless, then that theory would be somewhat valid. Unfortunately, herd immunity would carry a pretty high body count, since the virus had the capability of killing lots of people. Herd immunity in this case also creates millions of carriers who can infect other people, who are more likely to die, since the unvaccinated carry a much higher viral load than the vaccinated.
As far as the vaccine creating variants, it would seem that the vaccine is more effective against the original variants, when millions of people decide not to be vaccinated, they become prime sources for mutations.
Consider the logic of the argument. If the vaccine caused the variants, then the places with the highest vaccination rates would also have the highest number of people infected with the variant, which is not the case. So far, the data shows that the vaccination rate is inversely proportional to the number of all variant infections, including the D variant. According to most of the people involved, people who have been vaccinated carry a much smaller viral load, to the extent that roughly 99% of COVID hospitalizations are people who haven't been vaccinated.
My county, and my state, have some of the lowest vaccination rates in the country, as well as very few people wearing masks or any other form of prophylactic measure. Two weeks ago, the decision was made in my county that all schools would be open and there would be no virus prevention measures. Within a week, there were almost 1000 new cases, with half being students, and the three closest hospitals asked the National Guard to set up triage tents since they were overloaded with COVID patients. The politicians responded by -you guessed it -- shutting down the schools.
If you study how respiratory viruses are transmitted, you'll see that schools are perfect pandemic sources. One kid can infect the whole school, and then the kids go home and infect everyone else. Do you think it's a coincidence that the states with the lowest vaccination rates, and the highest infection rates, have major outbreaks when the schools open up?
Should be interesting when the weather gets cold and people start spending more time indoors, especially people who live with those little virus factories.
As far as the vaccine creating variants, it would seem that the vaccine is more effective against the original variants, when millions of people decide not to be vaccinated, they become prime sources for mutations.
Consider the logic of the argument. If the vaccine caused the variants, then the places with the highest vaccination rates would also have the highest number of people infected with the variant, which is not the case. So far, the data shows that the vaccination rate is inversely proportional to the number of all variant infections, including the D variant. According to most of the people involved, people who have been vaccinated carry a much smaller viral load, to the extent that roughly 99% of COVID hospitalizations are people who haven't been vaccinated.
My county, and my state, have some of the lowest vaccination rates in the country, as well as very few people wearing masks or any other form of prophylactic measure. Two weeks ago, the decision was made in my county that all schools would be open and there would be no virus prevention measures. Within a week, there were almost 1000 new cases, with half being students, and the three closest hospitals asked the National Guard to set up triage tents since they were overloaded with COVID patients. The politicians responded by -you guessed it -- shutting down the schools.
If you study how respiratory viruses are transmitted, you'll see that schools are perfect pandemic sources. One kid can infect the whole school, and then the kids go home and infect everyone else. Do you think it's a coincidence that the states with the lowest vaccination rates, and the highest infection rates, have major outbreaks when the schools open up?
Should be interesting when the weather gets cold and people start spending more time indoors, especially people who live with those little virus factories.