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Originally Posted by coffeebean
I want what Gracie said to be true but that isn't what I have heard. Just wondering why we are being told by CDC that anyone who is vaccinated must continue to wear masks and social distance so as not to transmit Covid to another person. The person vaccinated is protected but others are not.
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I didn't see that statement from the CDC. Wear masks and distance for how long after vaccination?????
Since the very concept of that statement is the antithesis of vaccination strategy, I have to believe it is an agenda driven statement. I can only speculate as to why they would put that out there.
perhaps....
1) Since the studies were fast tracked, perhaps they did not gather the ancillary information as to how long after vaccination one develops immunity (and therefore cannot transmit)
2) The first shot confers about 50-60% immunity and the second 95%. That still means the vaccine did not work on 5% or 50,000/million recipients. They might not want those people out there believing they are safe.
3) (and I favor this one) As we roll out the vaccine, a larger percentage of the population will slowly be immunized----10%,20%,30% etc. There are plenty of places that have a sign that states "mask required", and plenty of people who go ape-sheet if they spot someone not wearing one. How can we know who was and was not vaccinated? A scarlet V tattooed on their forehead???? Imagine a grocery store where some are masked and some are not---with the current level of anxiety it's a formula for chaos.
But I would never take that statement to mean immunized individuals are not protected and can transmit COVID