Awkwardly, they're back to pushing anti-vax conspiracies as of yesterday, with Tucker Carlson, Laura Ingraham, and Sean Hannity going back to telling people to be suspicious of them or flat-out saying that they don't recommend them. Which seems dangerous and stupid during a pandemic that's killing people, to me.
Actually, vaccinated people who get COVID carry much lower viral loads - to the point that there is no reliable evidence showing they are transmitting the virus to others. That’s part of the reason the CDC hasn’t gone back to recommending that vaccinated people wear masks. National Geographic ran an article on it yesterday but I can’t access it today.
It is a pandemic currently for the unvaccinated in our country. Who do you think are overunning the hospital ER? Their life, their choice.
It has a 95% rate of protection, which makes it one of the most effective vaccines ever created.
It's a global pandemic. The longer the world takes to get vaccinated the more chance of mutations that may evade your magic bullet vaccination.
No. I didn't say that. Don't put words in my mouth, it's rude.
You’re overthinking it. Delta is bad. Get the shot. It helps you and everyone. Very simple.
That’s not accurate, either.
No. I didn't. Please, please stop putting words in my mouth.
I'd like to hear more about this. Most reports show that people who've had Covid have little protection against Alpha, and Delta is far more infectious -- previous suspected infections don't give you immunity by any means.
The old “bait and switch” tactic?
I’m pretty sure that my being protected from the worst effects of COVID helps everyone—I’m less likely to take up a hospital bed, and my friends and family are less likely to see me suffer illness or die. My dad was hospitalised with COVID, spent months on a ventilator, and nearly lost his life. It was a miserable experience for all of us, not just him. Had he been vaccinated at the time (he wasn’t yet eligible), it’s almost certain that he, and the rest of us, would have been spared the ordeal.
No, being vaccinated helps all, not just the singular. I am shocked people say this. Vaccinations were never about being singular. Being vaccinated greatly reduces the ability to transmit. By not vaccinating you are part of the problem and spread. Minimalizing it because you had it easy is not wise to do as well.
Nope, been around for decades.
You're not afraid of... infecting people? Because that's what we're talking about here, a communicable disease.
that was Walt Disney played by Tom Hanks (from Saving Mr. Banks), actually
I'm pretty sure The Villages is located in Sumpter County. Sumpter County has 69% of eligible residents vaccinated, tied for 2nd in FL with Monroe and both only behind Miami-Dade. They can't be that anti-vax in The Villages.
So, I'm actually kind of fascinated now; someone earlier in the thread stated that they were around 70-80% vaccinated, and it turns out, they're right! So despite being one of the largest concentration of solidly red-state voting Republicans, and a place where a friend who lives there says "nobody here trusts the vaccine, we trust DeSantis and Trump", they're mostly vaccinated. I wonder if they're doing a good job of community outreach.
It's also a solidly old community. Most of them got the shot before they became a subject we do not talk about here
I think that in the older age groups, risk assessment trumps political beliefs (no pun intended).
