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Originally Posted by GrumpyOldMan
Are you serious? I mean seriously, they have answered this question numerous times.
The reason, assuming you are serious, is that vaccination, social distancing and mask-wearing are the 3 best methods available to reduce the spread of the virus.
NONE of them are perfect.
The mutating virus is a moving target and they constantly have to update recommendations as conditions and mutations occur.
And they have to do all this while struggling to get actual real data from states that do not report accurate data - some have even stopped testing, so there is no reliable data on infection rates, only on death and hospital admissions of people that have symptoms. The CDC itself says these numbers they are getting are no doubt seriously underreporting the actual number of infections. Without that number all the other numbers are questionable. And, just to inject a little politics, which states are underreporting, and bragging about it - well, Florida for one.
Scientists are doing the best they can do. The virus is new, never seen before, hard to predict, but just as serious, we have not had this much misinformation being spread ever - and they have to fight that also.
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Yes, I'm totally serious. What's the point of getting one of the three available vaccines if there are constant mutations and variants? There's no incentive if you can still get COVID. Isn't that the endgame - not to get it in the first place? But now there are reports that those fully vaccinated have gotten it to varying degrees of seriousness. Those unvaccinated will shrug their shoulders and say "forget it, why bother?" It reinforces the fear, skepticism and distrust.
Also, we were all masked, locked down, etc. before the vaccine was readily available in order to slow the spread and protect the vulnerable and those at risk of serious complications. But now the vaccine is available to all so why are we going backwards? If some choose not be vaccinated, that's their funeral, perhaps literally. Why should we suffer and be inconvenienced and our children/grandchildren because some have chosen not to get the vaccine? That's a risk they are willing to take and they have to accept the consequences but don't make ME pay the price!