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Originally Posted by golfing eagles
Well, let's hope the "unlikely" expert is correct. If not, then from an epidemiological point of view, the vaccine would be useless. What good is a vaccine that allows the vaccinated to contract, and then spread the disease????? If it's only value is that the vaccinated are less likely to get seriously ill or die, that is actually counterproductive in the population as a whole since it allows people who would otherwise die to spread the disease. (but better for that individual)
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Some small % of vaccinated people have a "breakout" situation where they are CARRIERS of CV without knowing it and they are asymptomatic. If testing were 100% available and 100% accurate we would know more about this situation, which will, hopefully, become more known in the future. Nevertheless, it does NOT invalidate the worth of vaccines at the macro, societywide level. It is more like a glitch in terms of overall public health. It means that the UNvaccinated have a slightly greater chance of getting CV because of these "breakthroughs". The UNvaccinated still have about the same HIGH chance of getting CV and the same chance of being an incubator environment for the VIRUS. Sports teams and the Olympics have more and better (I assume) testing than for most average people - so, they locate more "breakthroughs". These players spend more time closely together indoors than the average person. And they get more than average press. So, it could seem like "breakthroughs" are the rule and not the exception.