FriscoKid said:
94chem said:
FriscoKid said:
Someone needs to explain vaccines to people. If you have it then you are protected. Why do [vaccinated] people care if someone else is not protected? Leave them alone.
Well, first of all, that's not how vaccines work at all. Why don't you know this? If there were a measles outbreak in your neighborhood, would you get it? The truth is, nobody knows. Even though you've been vaccinated. That's why anti-vaxxers present such a public health concern. Think of all the teenagers who got the chicken pox vaccine. Do we know how long the immunity endures? No. But we do know that we've likely saved a lot of sickness from shingles. Now, what if a bunch of kids stop getting the vaccine, and now you've got millions of adults who are susceptible to chicken pox? This is a disease you do NOT want as an adult. So, you see, vaccination is a public health issue, not just a matter of individual choice. I know Americans have a lot of trouble with this issue. They like to pretend that they chose to be born here instead of some "****"hole country. But we practice foolishness and act like it's showing control of circumstances. Free will sounds really cool until you see what most people do with it.
Vaccines don't protect you against a virus?
Then what's the point?
Because durable immunity is unknown, even for some of our most effective and time-tested vaccines. Tetanus, measles, chicken pox, smallpox...
Because some people have no immune system, and rely on others to get vaccinations to prevent community spread (I have a niece with cancer like this).
To protect against varietals, and to reduce the chances of mutation.
I'm not even talking about Covid. I'm talking about vaccinations in general. However, it is interesting to think that any day, week, or month from now, the next coronavirus will escape from somewhere, and nobody knows how deadly it will be, and nobody knows how effective the current vaccine will be against it, whether it will affect the young, the old, etc. Our planet is "on the clock." To that end, we should be coming to terms with the need to be vaccinated for these viruses eventually, either with the current slate of vaccines or with new ones. And, it looks like we'll have plenty of test subjects to see what happens among the vaccinated and unvaccinated. We've had at least 3 epidemics in the past 20 years. The next one will generate a lot of useful data.
94chem,
That, sir, was the greatest post in the history of TexAgs. I salute you. -- Dough