07-27-2021, 06:02 PM
(07-27-2021, 02:11 PM)oncemoreuntothejimbreech Wrote: Understandable, but it takes time to determine efficacy rates. If you look at the antibody levels of IgM and IgG to specific infections they evolve over months to years. What you’re asking for is probably ongoing, but too soon to publish for the most recent variants. You probably want multiple studies to reach a consensus and the opportunity to eliminate flawed studies that may skew conclusions. Time that allows the virus to continue to spread and potentially mutate further.
Also, the case fatality for individuals isn’t necessarily the same as the overall rate. So if someone is in a low risk group, great. They probably don’t need to worry about severe Covid any more than adverse effects from the vaccine. So they should get the shot to protect their family or friends who are high risk.
I agree. It's a process. I think that has been the most frustrating part of this entire thing. You read reports and hear the "experts' that are put in front of the public talk about this and they often times talk in definitive vs. generalities or really framing the conversations as as "this is what was know now and it may and likely will change tomorrow."
While I understand that things are going to morph and change as we learn more - the more the story changes, the more untrustworthy the information seems. Out course, the entire things being politicized and weaponized by the media definitely doesn't help folks feel like they have all of the facts.
I've taken the stance that this is a choice. Like all choices, they have consequences. If you choose to get the vaccine, that's fine. If you don't want it - for whatever reason - that's OK too. However, there may be consequences to those choices. I think the consequences or the severity of the consequences are more what is in question.
