[Mrprez]

Originally Posted by LiverpoolWalrus

In talking to folks, they don’t seem to realize that the 95% efficacy rate of Covid vaccines means that the vaccine will fail 5% of the time.

So unfortunately 5% of vaccinated people who are exposed and infected are likely to have symptoms of the disease. If the vaccine fails completely in 5% of people who receive the vaccine and are later infected, that 5% have the same risk as the unvaccinated and could conceivably face serious illness. Not to be alarmist, but statistically, that is what the missing 5% means.

So even if we assume that everyone is vaccinated, 5 out of every 100 people are still going to be susceptible to Covid and some may get quite sick.

The good news is (and it’s the same good news we’ve had all along):

1. Not everyone who is out and about is going to get infected. Far from it. Covid has only infected a minority of the population. Yes there are millions of symptom-free infected people who don’t know they are/were infected, but when you tally the total of known and statistical infections, the majority of the population has not been infected, even after a year.

2. IF you are infected, you have an 80% chance of having no symptoms or a mild case with no long term effects. Repeat - 80%. That percentage is the aggregate and accounts for all age groups with or without comorbidities. And it means that if you are quite elderly AND have a compromised immune system, you’ll STILL be okay. This fact is all over the internet from reputable sources, but the media doesn’t publicize it.

That said, the vaccinated people are not 100% protected. They still have a 5% chance of getting sick and I’m not sure they understand this. Before they had a 20% chance. Now they have a 5% chance.

So I ask: Most of us were VERY concerned when we had a 20% chance. Some were petrified. Why aren’t we still wringing our hands and clutching our pearls with a 5% chance?

Again, not to be alarmist, but a 5% chance of serious illness is not that much less than 20%.

The only solution is people need to continue to stay home. No restaurants, no town squares, continue to have your goods delivered to your home. Keep them quarantined for a week and then sanitize them. Never touch your face with unwashed hands. No guests of any kind in your home.

And if you do need to go out, wear two masks, stay 6 feet apart. And don’t shake hands with anyone.

That’s how you stay safe.

Me, I have not left my home in a year, and I will stay home until Covid disappears whether I get vaccinated or not.

Good for you. I will not be doing any of these things and haven’t in the last year. My life will go on until it stops. COVID or bus, you are just as dead.