Social distancing works at reducing the viral load that you get infected with, that in turn reduces how many people get really sick. We can reduce it from 5% to 1% by simply using social distancing techniques. The two most effective are: don't go into public if you have a fever or if you have symptoms.
Masks are not effective and should not be mandatory.
The vaccine will be most effective if it is limited to only those who are at the greatest risk if they get covid. If we had done those two things we could have gone back to work already.
99.5% of people survive Covid, if you eliminate the 5% of the population that is at the greatest risk by giving them the vaccine the number drops to about 99.8%. We now have 3 effective treatments, and oxygen will be sufficient for 80% of those in intensive care.
However, if you give everyone the vaccine then this is not true. You will get new variants spreading rapidly because the vaccine is very specific in what it protects you against. You will need a second shot, a third shot, and so on. However, we have no idea what the long term effect is of going into your mRNA and changing it that much. It is very possible that your immune system will become significantly weaker to the Flu and other viral infections.
On the other hand everyone who had Covid and recovered is now immune. Instead of ignoring that if you counted those you would realize we are already close to 70%.
Masks are not effective and should not be mandatory.
The vaccine will be most effective if it is limited to only those who are at the greatest risk if they get covid. If we had done those two things we could have gone back to work already.
99.5% of people survive Covid, if you eliminate the 5% of the population that is at the greatest risk by giving them the vaccine the number drops to about 99.8%. We now have 3 effective treatments, and oxygen will be sufficient for 80% of those in intensive care.
However, if you give everyone the vaccine then this is not true. You will get new variants spreading rapidly because the vaccine is very specific in what it protects you against. You will need a second shot, a third shot, and so on. However, we have no idea what the long term effect is of going into your mRNA and changing it that much. It is very possible that your immune system will become significantly weaker to the Flu and other viral infections.
On the other hand everyone who had Covid and recovered is now immune. Instead of ignoring that if you counted those you would realize we are already close to 70%.
I wonder where long covid comes into that though ? For us Christians, death isn't something we fear anyway. But being disabled long term with chronic fatigue from covid is a concerning thought ! Particularly for those of us who have had ME/CFS from cocksackie virus and don't want to go through that again!