Fuck yes
people who don't have access to it or are medically precluded.
So no adults in America?
that's a complicated answer, and it depends on a lot of situational factors.
or people who don't want to take a vaccine which is only administered because of an EUA, which would be about 40% of those eligible
If people choose not to be vaccinated because of that, that's up to them. Not the government. The government isn't their parents.
my point was that no one is being 'forced' to get the vaccine.
At least one member here has been told that if they aren't vaccinated they'll be fired from their job. That strikes me as "forced".
and I thought it obvious, that I was pointing out that the only thing they'd be protecting people from is them making decisions for themselves.
that's not being forced, that's the exhilaration you experience in an open market of free association.
When that's a thing that exists in America, you can try using that argument.
Nip what fear in the bud? The fear that I could give someone a virus that might kill them?
when exactly does it all end?
I have been vaccinated. Not tested. No. Therein lies the problem. You can pass it on before you know you have it.
For me? I don't know.
CDC says vaccinated protected people don't spread anymore, no?
If you know you are regularly exposed to it, I think it is your responsibility to get tested regularly. If you're regularly exposed to it due to your job, your employer should be providing those tests.
Whether they say that or not, we know it isn't true. It is not 100%. We know there are cases where young healthy people who have had it (so have antibodies) and have been fully vaccinated have caught the virus and those around them on a regular basis have also caught the virus.
Oh, I don't think the CDC is the be all and end all, but they're the authority that the government has decided makes the rules. Covid is never going away, that's the reality people need to come to grips with.
and based on their data they've made recommendations...This is what the CDC website says right now:
What We Are Still Learning
- We are still learning how well vaccines prevent you from spreading the virus that causes COVID-19 to others, even if you do not have symptoms. Early data show that vaccines help keep people with no symptoms from spreading COVID-19.
- We are also still learning how long COVID-19 vaccines protect people.
- We are still learning how many people have to be vaccinated against COVID-19 before the population can be considered protected (population immunity).
- We are still learning how effective the vaccines are against new variants of the virus that causes COVID-19.
COVID-19 Vaccination
COVID-19 vaccines protect against COVID-19. Get safety info and more.www.cdc.gov
I think they've made value judgments about acceptable risk. I think when they lied to everyone about masks at the beginning, that shows a certain type of value judgment. I think when the democrats pretended everyone was safe and rolled the dice on that just to go against Trump they made a value judgment. Just like when Trump changed his tune and started encouraging the economy to open up again he made a value judgment.
