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Leigh

Leigh

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JakePaulsBeard said:
What in your opinion is a high enough vaccination rate to call it day and remove measures?
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I don't know if I can give a precise figure. As you're asking for my personal opinion though, here are my thoughts.

Measures aren't all created equal. Lockdowns are much harsher than wearing a mask in a supermarket or telling kids to stay home from school if they're in contact with someone with covid.

It appears that SARS-COV-2 will become an endemic virus that leads to a common cold. This isn't due to virus mutation, it's due to our immunity developing. At some point, we'll all have enough vaccinations or infections that we shrug it off with a bit of a sniffle.

However, we're not there yet and hospitals are going to be rammed with covid patients this winter. Overloading hospital capacity affects all of us, not just covid patients.

So until covid becomes endemic (probably next year, thanks to vaccination rollout and the Delta variant), we should probably still be vigilant. Wear a mask indoors in public areas, get tested if you have symptoms and of course, get vaccinated and get a booster when eligible.

@Splinty will know more and can probably give better advice.
 
BeardOfKnowledge

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Leigh said:
I don't know if I can give a precise figure. As you're asking for my personal opinion though, here are my thoughts.

Measures aren't all created equal. Lockdowns are much harsher than wearing a mask in a supermarket or telling kids to stay home from school if they're in contact with someone with covid.

It appears that SARS-COV-2 will become an endemic virus that leads to a common cold. This isn't due to virus mutation, it's due to our immunity developing. At some point, we'll all have enough vaccinations or infections that we shrug it off with a bit of a sniffle.

However, we're not there yet and hospitals are going to be rammed with covid patients this winter. Overloading hospital capacity affects all of us, not just covid patients.

So until covid becomes endemic (probably next year, thanks to vaccination rollout and the Delta variant), we should probably still be vigilant. Wear a mask indoors in public areas, get tested if you have symptoms and of course, get vaccinated and get a booster when eligible.

@Splinty will know more and can probably give better advice.
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You're much better than this kind of non-answer.

You're also living under different restrictions than other people are while you make a very specific to your own situation point.
 
BeardOfKnowledge

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Filthy said:
why is vaccination rate the metric for needing mitigation? shouldn't it be infection rate?
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It should be a rate of measured immunity whether it be through infection or vaccination. But I live in the real world where it's been decided that vaccination rate is paramount.
 
Leigh

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JakePaulsBeard said:
You're much better than this kind of non-answer.

You're also living under different restrictions than other people are while you make a very specific to your own situation point.
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You asked a vague question that was a tangent to my comment (I never mentioned restrictions).

Vaccine effectiveness wanes.
Restrictions vary in effectiveness.
Populations act differently.
Covid is still a new disease.

These factors mean that demanding a specific answer to your question is infantile. It's a complex discussion and I gave you a pretty detailed answer. If that's not good enough for you, oh well ?‍♂
 
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Leigh said:
You asked a vague question that was a tangent to my comment (I never mentioned restrictions).

Vaccine effectiveness wanes.
Restrictions vary in effectiveness.
Populations act differently.
Covid is still a new disease.

These factors mean that demanding a specific answer to your question is infantile. It's a complex discussion and I gave you a pretty detailed answer. If that's not good enough for you, oh well ?‍♂
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Don’t be like this
 
BeardOfKnowledge

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Leigh said:
You asked a vague question that was a tangent to my comment (I never mentioned restrictions).

Vaccine effectiveness wanes.
Restrictions vary in effectiveness.
Populations act differently.
Covid is still a new disease.

These factors mean that demanding a specific answer to your question is infantile. It's a complex discussion and I gave you a pretty detailed answer. If that's not good enough for you, oh well ?‍♂
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There was nothing vague about my question. You easily could have said "100% vaccination rate" instead you went with the bog standard example that I was referring to, which is an endless set of moving goalposts, where all solutions lead to nowhere. Between high vaccination rates and testing capacity, the end of covid should be very visible, and the road map should be fairly clear.
 
Leigh

Leigh

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JakePaulsBeard said:
There was nothing vague about my question. You easily could have said "100% vaccination rate" instead you went with the bog standard example that I was referring to, which is an endless set of moving goalposts, where all solutions lead to nowhere. Between high vaccination rates and testing capacity, the end of covid should be very visible, and the road map should be fairly clear.
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We don't need 100% vaccination rate. Why would I say something that's not true? You're being silly now.
 
Rambo John J

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Leigh said:
I don't know if I can give a precise figure. As you're asking for my personal opinion though, here are my thoughts.

Measures aren't all created equal. Lockdowns are much harsher than wearing a mask in a supermarket or telling kids to stay home from school if they're in contact with someone with covid.

It appears that SARS-COV-2 will become an endemic virus that leads to a common cold. This isn't due to virus mutation, it's due to our immunity developing. At some point, we'll all have enough vaccinations or infections that we shrug it off with a bit of a sniffle.

However, we're not there yet and hospitals are going to be rammed with covid patients this winter. Overloading hospital capacity affects all of us, not just covid patients.

So until covid becomes endemic (probably next year, thanks to vaccination rollout and the Delta variant), we should probably still be vigilant. Wear a mask indoors in public areas, get tested if you have symptoms and of course, get vaccinated and get a booster when eligible.

@Splinty will know more and can probably give better advice.
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No offense but I find this post hilarious
 
Rambo John J

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Pak protector said:
If you're gonna say that, you may as well quote the entirety of my content.
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I have that guy ignored so I only really saw your sentence

Humans have magnetic fields n shit is all I know, you should see how I can fuck up TV and Radio reception when I walk into a room...some Humans have superpowers

No offense but This post ^^^ is ridiculous
 
Speaker to Animals

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Sound System said:
I have that guy ignored so I only really saw your sentence

Humans have magnetic fields n shit is all I know, you should see how I can fuck up TV and Radio reception when I walk into a room...some Humans have superpowers

No offense but This post ^^^ is ridiculous
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