07-25-2021, 09:05 AM
(07-23-2021, 02:36 PM)oncemoreuntothejimbreech Wrote: That is the data from the trials when there wasn’t a delta variant. But, according to this article in JAMA, the vaccines produce better immunity to the delta variant than prior infection.
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2782139
No vaccination is 100% effective, but they are the best tool we have at preventing infection.
When you have your own professional sports league, I hope you remember you don’t think you can make your own rules.
There are always personal injury lawyers looking for an out of court settlement. But, show me how many vaccines have been recalled from the US market and why?
You could be right, although I think social distancing and washing your hands, not touching face, etc, are far more effective than vaccines and masks both and have been the entire time.
The thing is though, we are still dealing with a virus that has a higher survival rate than the vaccine effectiveness rate, and no one knows what long term side effects these vaccines could have, which could end up pretty bad in all honesty. And as of now, in the UK, the delta strain makes up almost all of the new covid cases, although hospitalization rates are down to almost nothing. Its too early to know for sure, but it looks like delta is just a typical flu mutation, evolving to ensure its own survival. Its going to mutate because it wants to live and to do that it cant kill off its host. It seems like right now that the new variant is more transmittable, but less severe, which makes sense following the basic principals of evolution. The vaccines look like nothing more than another flu shot that people will be pushed to take yearly at least.
But we are still dealing with a virus that has a higher survival rate than the vaccine effectiveness rate, and until that changes, there will be a lot of people who dont want the jab, and its their right to feel that way. They could lose their jobs, etc, but its a sad fact that it has gone this far. If people are scared of the virus, get the shot, if you're not, dont get the shot. Seems simple. If you are sick, call off work and stay home until you're not, just like we've been doing for most of human history.
These kind of rules and punishments will backfire in the long run, imo.
