Also: there's no such thing as a "dose" of virus. You either get the virus, or not. And your immune system recognizes it and destroys it, or not. It doesn't matter what "dose" you get.
Viral dose is basically how much initial exposure you get to the virus. You can think of it kind of like a swarm of angry wasps. A single wasp you can easily dispose of with minimal risk of being stung. However a large swarm of wasps and it is almost certain you will be stung, no matter how skilful and fast you are at disposing of them.
A single virus entering your body will take a long time to reach a dangerous population level. It might even be intercepted and destroyed by other immune responses targeting the infected cells. A lot of virus entering your body will already start out at a population level that could take many hours, or even days to reach, and your natural immune system responses will be overwhelmed from the beginning.
If those others have vaccinated, they have nothing to fear, right? And if they decided not to, then they have accepted the possible risk. Not to mention, that as you pointed out yourself, even those vaccinated can get sick. And again, with an over 99% recovery chance, most people already have a good chance of "good and fast recovery".
Getting sick can still cause long term health problems, vaccinated or not.
And if some of them do need hospital treatment - that's what hospitals are for. And it's not like they are overburdened...
They can very easily become overburdened, as was seen in India this year and even the UK last year.
Covid is not a big problem to the vast majority of the people. There is no justification, whatsoever, for the lockdowns. And there is even less justification for constitution-breaking forceful vaccinations or discrimination against those, who do not vaccinate.
Until you get sick, or people you love get sick, and die from it. Which has happened numerous times already.
Ignorance about the risk and such reckless behaviour is exactly why it still persists. If everyone obeyed regulations to begin with, Covid would be extinct.
What, exactly, do you mean by this? If a person didn't get severely sick, a person didn't get severely sick. What would be the point of lying?
Except not getting sick can have multiple causes behind it, some of which include luck such as not being exposed to it in the first place. You have no scientific proof specifically that your immune system is effective against Covid, or that you will be unharmed by Covid.
Lastly, covid will likely
NEVER go away, just like flu never really went away. And we aren't freaking out over flu, are we?
It will only never go away because people fail to follow reason and obey logical measures to combat it. If the virus cannot spread, then it quickly goes extinct. The lockdowns were proof of this as they drastically reduced the common flu to near extinction levels. If people had correctly obeyed lockdown procedures then chances are not only Covid would die out, but also the common cold. Alas foolish people who did not wear masks and did not obey the lockdown spread the viruses and so that is why they are still here.
Covid-19 is somewhat effective at killing those who are already sick, fat or old.... But almost kills no one who falls outside of these categories.
Or anyone with undiagnosed health conditions. Or anyone who is exposed to a large initial dose irrespective of how healthy they are, such as a lot of the medical workers who have died. Or even if it does not kill a person, leaving them with long lasting health problems such as scarred lungs.
Would you play Russian Roulette? Then why do so with covid? There were hundreds of people with such an attitude and many of them are now dead, or nearly died.
Mutations that kill the host make it less fit, therefore a less fit virus for the goal of propagation.
Surely fitness is entirely down to its ability to spread. If the host dies or not is irrelevant for the initial purpose of spreading as there are always more hosts to infect. Eventually, after an apocalyptic die off of humanity it would start to evolve to become less harmful as suitable hosts to spread to become more rare so holding onto a host for as long as possible becomes advantageous, but currently on a planet with 7 billion people there is no natural mechanic encouraging it to be less harmful. What is more likely is that through selective pressure, over hundreds of years, humans would become naturally more resistant to the virus since their survival success is related to that of the host surviving, unlike the virus.
I'm not wearing a mask at home
Unless you have a lot of visitors to or near your house, you should not need to wear a mask at/in home. Covid can be spread by the air but only over a limited range. Hence why 2 meter distancing is highly effective at reducing it with further spread distances being due to air flow.
The funny thing is, if vaccinated people can still propagate SARS-COVID2, then you would want to get a vaccine MORE as these people will not be staying home when they are contagious, they will be out doing their regular daily activities. This is furthered by the fact that in many places, there is no mandatory mask mandate.
Yes however unfortunately the economy still has to keep running. Most countries have burnt through all their financial reserves so have no choice but to try to return to normal life within reason.
If people had obeyed the lockdowns when they happened it could have been defeated. But now large scale lockdowns are no longer really possible.
Here, in Spain, the goverment plans for July a massive vaccination of the entire young population, ranging from 6 to 29 years old, which makes no sense if we look at the data.
It only does not make sense if the risk from dying after taking the vaccine is higher than the risk of dying. Which is unlikely to be the case. The vaccines also help to combat hospitalisations and long term complications, another issue not recorded in those stats.
Also there is no magic 29 to 30 year old cut-off. Just because the statistics are organised like that does not necessarily mean that between the age of 29 and 30 your risk increases a lot. It is highly likely that at 29 your risk is closer to the 30+ risk category than to the reported value for 20-29.
There's no reason to believe the COVID vaccines are any less safe than regular vaccines.
Well one of them had some serious issues which is why a lot of places stopped using it. Most of them are quite safe though.
Sacrificing a younger generation's well being, economy and mental health for these people is hilarious. I laugh about it because I've come out unscathed in all regards. Now you want them to take a vaccine with a chance of serious life threatening conditions or death.
Very low chance. Like probably at the level of what covid does to them, or probably even below that while also improving their chances against Covid.
I am not guaranteed to be exposed to COVID-19, especially if I follow proper safety precautions, but if I choose to take the vaccine then I am guaranteed to be exposed to a drug with a similar lethality.
As long as you take the proper safety precautions (masks in public, safe distancing, disinfectants, e.t.c.) it is fine. That is your choice. However will you really always follow the proper safety precautions? Chances are you will eventually make a slipup and get it, especially as life tries to return to normal.
Where did I get the 1/650,000 figure from? The BBC published an article on the 15th of July 2021 stating that the average death rate of individuals who have received any vaccine for COVID-19 is 1/650,000.
Is this factoring in correct vaccination procedure? The vaccine only works after a few weeks after getting both doses. Any time before then and a lot of the unvaccinated risks still apply.
Also be aware that there is no magic age cut-off. If you are close to the 25 cut-off then you need to look at the stats for over 25s as well as they might start to become more applicable to you given how close you are to that age.
Planning to get my shots after my vacation ends. Why spend vacation with a fever?
The issue is that the process is not immediate. It takes roughly 2 months to get vaccinated from the time of your first dose to the time of optimal resistance. A lot of covid related deaths of vaccinated people were a result of them getting infected during this 2 month time period.
This is why I had my first dose this month. My second dose will come in the next few weeks. This will mean that by the time summer ends I will have optimal immunity.
For reference, only significant side effect I, and everyone I know, had was the feeling of a bruised arm muscle that lasted 2 days. I forget what vaccine it was though (I am bad at names lol).
No that is not true. The virus accelerated already existing illnesses in the human body that the person might not even know they had. Like diabetics, lungs problems, and so on.
Medical conditions that everyone can and will have. Including the result of age.
many but many countries count natural deaths as covid deaths becauseeeee the family's members or relatives obtain money if the person died from covid
The reported death rate spike well above the periodic average speaks for itself. More people are dying than normal, and so it is almost certain Covid is killing people.
Tell a damn restaurant, shop and so who didnt lost money and resources during this stupid intentionally created crisis!
It was created by people's inability to follow regulations. If people did not spread it, then there would be no need for long running lockdowns.
WHY IS THE TEST WITH MONEY AND THE VACCINE FREE ?
Because the vaccines have been sponsored by major governments.
and because they've been lied to for so long about the severity of the sickness for young healthy people.
A lot of people are not young, or healthy anymore. Those people care as the sickness can be quite severe to them.
I wonder how things will change when more and more people realize that suddenly they ain't got no money and all common goods cost much more and there is inflation. Will you still put on a mask and take more shots and stay home with no questions asked?
This is why most countries, like the UK, are now dropping lockdowns. They have burnt all the money they can trying to combat it and failed due to people's incompetence to follow orders. Now they just have to hope all the vaccinations help.
