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Originally Posted by coffeebean
I'm not worried about myself. I'm fully vaccinated with the Moderna vaccine so I'm protected. It's not about me or my family who is also fully vaccinated. It is about those who are not able to be vaccinated; those who have medical contraindications for the vaccine, those who are immunocompromised who do not have full benefit from the vaccines. It is about SAFE herd immunity and it's going to take vaccination of children and more adults to achieve that goal.
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First of all, herd immunity is off the table. they had a couple of months to do it, knowing they most likely would not achieve it in a country/population of this size. Future variants might be worse than the variants we are already seeing in that they will resist the vaccine altogether so it won't matter if you're vaccinated. That's a very real possibility. Herd immunity using vaccines has to be done quickly and
in conjunction with natural exposure to a virus. But that's using a traditional vaccine that prevents infection. Maybe true herd immunity isn't even possible with a mRNA vaccine?
Secondly, I find it distasteful and cringe-worthy that so many seniors are worried about their own mortality and obsessed with safety. We have become a risk-averse society which has made us more reliant on government at every level for solutions, instructions, regulations, mandates, etc. And this was even before COVID.
Good thing we're not required to forge a nation out of the wilderness or anything.
