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Originally Posted by fgaba1949
I agree
I used to think our health experts knew what they were doing and now I think they don't really know what is going on and are grasping at straws
and many of those SELF-PROCLAIMED medical EXPERTS have totally different and contradictory views
Back when this virus started it was all about clean surfaces masks and testing.
We waited for the vaccines as we were told that the vaccines were the way to go and when they first came out people thought that was the end of the virus as we would have some form of herd immunity as well
We soon we found out that vaccines sort of worked but not the way THE EXPERTS thought they would work...soon a 2nd shot was needed and now a booster and then maybe another booster? YET MORE AND MORE people got the Virus many of which were vaccinated with a booster.
but even with all of that we are now being told that while its good it does NOT really vaccinate you against the virus but maybe it makes the new virus like the flu ?
Testing has turned into a joke with a ton of different EXPERT opinions
Once considered the best way to go by the experts
now it seems that testing provides results that are confusing and doesn't really protect the folks who tested negative as they might get it an hour later.
Biden said he would 500 million test kits by Mid Jan...will that help ?
and where will he get them
as I believe Abbot makes the most reliable test kit and they can only make a small fraction of that amount
So yes I was a BELIEVER in the EXPERTS at the beginning but not any longer
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I understand your skepticism, but having worked in the field, as you have heard, viruses mutate, often quickly. We have seen this with this year's flu virus (H3N2) that bypasses the vaccine. This is what we are beginning to see with the Omicron variant of Sars-Cov-2. With more people being infected, a higher number of mutations occur. Most are innocuous with little effect on the broader population, but some like the Delta and Omicron variants have staggering impacts. It takes some time to determine the effects of a new variant and then determine the best steps to mitigate it. The data is interpreted by the medical experts who too often interpret the data differently.....thus the confusion.
In the end, you have to make your own decisions. This does not mean ignore what you hear. Unfortunately, too many folks seem to be doing that these days.
My concern is with the prevalence of Omicron infections world-wide, we stand a significant chance of having a more transmissible variant mutate that is much deadlier than what we have experienced, or it is unaffected by the current vaccines. Will we ignore the medical advice until it is too late?