I think you're missing my point a bit - to be more specific, these cloth masks most of us wear are not great at stopping the wearer from getting the virus. They are great for keeping your own spit in your own space. And they are very good for two people who are both wearing them. Therefore, my mask is worn primarily for you, not for me. Sanctimony or not, that is science. That is how this works.
Yeah, I'm not going to slap anyone for saying they are helping to protect others.
It may come off high and mighty to say "I'm doing this for you" but the point of saying that is to change people's thinking imo, not to be self-righteous. In the US our cultural idea of a mask is self-protection. If we think like that, then of course it makes sense to say "Well, I don't want to wear it, I'll take the risk." Hard to break through that kind of stubbornness!
I can’t stand the mask either but I do my part and wear it I’m not gonna be that person to argue with someone over a mask that I don’t like . I keep my distance and my Purrell on my belt.
But you're not just protecting yourself with a vaccine or a mask, you're protecting everybody else. So I can't accept your argument and I don't agree that you understand it.
Exactly. When I see someone with their mask pulled down, I'm surprised they would take the chance for themselves, but more than that, I'm angry that they are spraying their spittle all over a public place and don't seem to care at all. It's rude, selfish, and dangerous right now.
I am with you to a certain extent about this particular vaccine. I understand your feelings.
Then it seems like you are talking to people who don’t give a shit . Because I totally understand the fear that other people have and I’m not going to make it my business to instill more fear , that’s why I do my part and what’s necessary. Except that the vaccine is still new and not all the research and statistic are quite there yet.
It’s okay to agree to disagree. Here is a fact from cdc “ We also don’t yet know whether getting a COVID-19 vaccine will prevent you from spreading the virus that causes COVID-19 to other people, even if you don’t get sick yourself. CDC will continue to update this page as we learn more”. Like I said the research and statistics are not quite there.
Yeah I was about to bring this up, imagine if polio were around these days. It would probably never go away.
Uh, no. CDC made it clear mid last year when masks became mandatory, I think May. Wearing a mask doesn't protect you. You have to rely on ther people wearing masks. Other people's masks don't protect them, you protect them. Fabric doesn't stop viruses from coming in, in fact the warm water vapor in your breath offers a breeding ground near your nose. It does trap most viruses from going out. So literally you are wearing a mask for others, others are wearing a mask for you.
I am willing to get the vaccine just as I’m willing to give it to my child ,however I need to make sure that this will benefit my child and not putting my child more at risk . My child can not do the flu shot for example because of the many allergies my child has. When swine flu broke out in 2009 and I was traveling with my child to my homeland his pediatrician flat out told me it’s her job to offer it but as a mom herself said she wouldn’t do it for her kids because of the lack of research that was done .When I returned back to USA there were over 3 million recalls on that vaccines . So to put it simple I just need more research and statistics. In the meantime I will do everything I can to protect myself as well as the others around me .
Wholeheartedly. However at this time it is not being offered to everyone and I understand is due to quantity of vaccines that we have . But no one has the research that the vaccine actually protects you more than a flu shot would either . Flue shot is good for 6 months , COVID vaccine at this point in research is 4 months . Like I said I’m not against vaccines as everyone assumed , it is more of a personal concern for myself .
That’s quite a bold statement. None of my child vaccines were done with little thought . And I took the route of waiting on some of them with the consultation of my child pediatrician which agreed on waiting based on my child’s condition .
And trust and believe that I appreciate it . Because at the end of the day it’s all I’m saying that I just need more information not that I’m against the vaccine . We have a vaccine that was developed less than a year ago , as you said this virus mutates What happen in many viruses is you'll get infected by Strain A, your immune system learns to recognize that surface protein, but then the virus is able to mutate in such a fashion that it still performs its function but make it so that your antibodies against Strain A no longer recognize Strain B. There is a need for more research and preparedness because it mutates so quickly and we are no way close of getting everyone vaccinated in time to begin with .
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Thank you"Important new strains of the SARS-CoV-2 virus — the "variants" you're hearing about — have been identified in the United Kingdom (B.1.1.7), Brazil (P.1) and South Africa (B.1.351), and all three have now been found in the U.S. as well. Those variants are more infectious than the original strain, and researchers in the U.K. have said B.1.1.7 may be more frequently lethal.
Scientists' concern right now is mostly with the P.1 variant. It has a particularly worrying cluster of mutations that allow the virus to spread more quickly and help it evade the immune system, which might make it easier for people who have already had COVID-19 (and so have developed some immunity) to still be vulnerable to reinfection with this new strain.
Early investigations are suggesting the current vaccines, as well as Johnson & Johnson's candidate vaccine (not yet authorized for use), may be somewhat less effective against some of the new variants, in terms of preventing all symptoms. But even against the variants, the vaccines do prevent a lot of mild and moderate cases, the data gathered so far suggest, and are very effective, health officials say, against preventing severe cases, hospitalizations and deaths.
Viruses like SARS-CoV-2 mutate all the time, notes Dr. Anthony Fauci, head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and that's another reason to get people fully immunized as quickly as possible.
"Viruses cannot mutate if they can't replicate," Fauci said Monday at a press conference by the White House's COVID-19 response team. "If you stop their replication by vaccinating widely ... not only are you going to protect individuals from getting disease, but you are going to prevent the emergence of variants."
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Look, I was there when the anti-vaxxer movement was in an embryonic stage. I was there to see the fallout when that doctor lied in order to commit fraud, and instead of scaring people to buy his fake test he instead scared them away from vaccinating. (I don't believe in hell, but I hope there's some punishment for the soul that is long and agonizing for that guy.) I was there when it was 'MMR causes autism'.
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