Everyone will get covid. You will get covid. I will get covid. The vaccinated will get covid. The unvaccinated will get covid. Why? Because vaccines don't prevent infection and spread. The only thing they do is reduce the severity. So get your vaccine, get milder covid, and resume living your life. Everything else is just avoiding the inevitable and blaming others for your own fear.
First off, I like this article’s format, presenting a summary of the arguments and discussing each one in a very succinct and effective manner. It is refreshing compared to lengthy articles that just use up space without giving the reader substance.
For me, the third point (unknown long term effects of vaccines) is why I don’t think vaccines should be mandated or coerced by inconveniencing or excluding the unvaccinated from everyday spaces and activities. Ultimately this is a pandemic of the unhealthy or elderly. The IFR for those under 50 is incredibly low, and studies show that 80% of those with severe cases are obese or overweight or otherwise unhealthy. Why is it appropriate to force a medical procedure onto everyone instead of asking these specific populations to stay home and restrict themselves?
Plus if everyone who is young and healthy simply gets COVID, we will have high antibody prevalence and that will reduce transmissions, making it easier for everyone else to re-enter society. This feels so plainly logical to me that I can’t help but view heavier measures as just overreach used to normalize governmental intervention and also ease in otherwise unpopular policies (unemployment stimulus, child tax credit, eviction bans, etc).
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[ 6.5 ms ] story [ 19.9 ms ] threadFor me, the third point (unknown long term effects of vaccines) is why I don’t think vaccines should be mandated or coerced by inconveniencing or excluding the unvaccinated from everyday spaces and activities. Ultimately this is a pandemic of the unhealthy or elderly. The IFR for those under 50 is incredibly low, and studies show that 80% of those with severe cases are obese or overweight or otherwise unhealthy. Why is it appropriate to force a medical procedure onto everyone instead of asking these specific populations to stay home and restrict themselves?
Plus if everyone who is young and healthy simply gets COVID, we will have high antibody prevalence and that will reduce transmissions, making it easier for everyone else to re-enter society. This feels so plainly logical to me that I can’t help but view heavier measures as just overreach used to normalize governmental intervention and also ease in otherwise unpopular policies (unemployment stimulus, child tax credit, eviction bans, etc).