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Originally Posted by DeanFL
I'm CONFUSED. So if we get the vaccine (we have) WHY does Fauci and others STILL insist that we must wear masks (two), restrict travel and other activities etc etc. EVEN with SCIENCE apparently countering with scientific data - clinical trials and real-world data - HER WORDS. What ?????
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The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in a new interview celebrated data suggesting that those who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 largely "do not carry the virus."
CDC director Dr. Rochelle Walensky told MSNBC's Rachel Maddow on Monday that "our data from the CDC today suggests that vaccinated people do not carry the virus" or get sick.
"It's not just in the clinical trials, but it's also in real-world data," she added.
Her comments seemed to be in reference to a CDC study released earlier on Monday that examined Moderna's and Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccines and found that in real-world conditions, they reduced the risk of infection by 90 percent two or more weeks after the second dose was administered. The CDC said the study demonstrated that the vaccines "can reduce both asymptomatic and symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infections."
Though Walensky expressed optimism over this finding and said "we can kind of almost see the end" of the pandemic based on the rate of vaccinations in the United States, she also reiterating her concern about COVID-19 cases ticking up.
"What I really would hate to have happen is to have another oncoming surge just as we're reaching towards getting so many more people vaccinated," she said.
Walensky had previously expressed similar concerns on Monday about a potential fourth surge in COVID-19 cases, saying in a briefing she has a feeling "of impending doom" while urging Americans to "please hold on a little while longer."
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CDC director: Data suggests vaccinated people largely 'do not carry the virus'
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One thing to keep in mind about the CDC is that they change their recommendations as new information comes in, and new studies of COVID-19 are coming in quite often. This is the scientific method. This is the way it is supposed to be done. Thus, if what one of the directors says today differs from what the director said last week, it may be because of new data.
I received my second vaccination on February 18, and I’m so glad. I used to be pretty fanatical about wearing masks and not touching things and using hand sanitizer and keeping my distance and not going places, but I’ve relaxed that a lot, though I’m not back to normal. I wear masks when asked to because I want to be an example to others.
However, here is something to think about. The Pfizer vaccine I had is said to be 95% effective against catching COVID and probably 100% effective against getting a case requiring hospitalization. Same with Moderna. The Johnson and Johnson seems to be, what, about 70% effective against getting COVID and 100% effective against a case requiring hospitalization? But what if you don’t want to get it at all because even seemingly mild cases can have after-effects that are life changing and may not show up for a couple months?
Think about it. Don’t think about ONLY 5%. Think about FIVE PERCENT! I’ve seen people obsessing about diseases they have a one in a thousand chance of catching. Or even less. This is one chance in twenty. If you had one chance in twenty of getting, say, lung cancer or breast cancer or brain cancer or AIDS or COPD in the next MONTH or YEAR if you FILL IN THE BLANK one time, would you take the risk? If you knew that if you ride your motorcycle or horse or play softball or pickle ball you have one chance in twenty of suffering permanent injury, would you do it? Lots of people buy lottery tickets even when their chance of winning is much worse than one in a million. I never have because the odds are terrible. But if there was one chance in twenty? It would be more tempting.
I’m taking more risks now, but they are small risks, much smaller if everyone involved has been vaccinated. The chance of my catching COVID from someone else who has been vaccinated is nearly in lottery ticket territory. Would I want to work on a hospital ward treating patients with COVID? Not without a mask and gloves and gown.