Conavirus......

[jp1]

My friend who recently moved down to South Carolina works as a custodial supervisor in a school of about 900 students - no masking required. Their first week of school they had 2 reported cases of covid. Their 2nd week of school (last week) they had somewhere over 45, apparently including the football team. She says they have to "shut down" any "area" that has 3 or more cases. Not sure exactly what defines "shut down" and "area", but she said she would find that out today.

simple math tells us that next week virtually everyone will have it.

[Yppej]

simple math tells us that next week virtually everyone will have it.

Herd immunity here we come. Finally!

[ApatheticNoMore]

And then that herd immunity is inferior to the vaccine anyway

Which is how it seems to be going, that herd immunity from getting the virus, is actually inferior in protection to just getting vaccinated.

[JaneV2.0]

A pastor got fired for "promoting" vaccinations on CNN. Another pastor forbids mask-wearing in his church. Three prominent anti-vaccine radio hosts have died of COVID so far...Meanwhile, hospitals are at or over capacity in many areas, and people with legitimate illnesses are dying because they can't get referred to a hospital that can admit them in time to save their lives. Really, I have no words.

[Yppej]

And then that herd immunity is inferior to the vaccine anyway

Which is how it seems to be going, that herd immunity from getting the virus, is actually inferior in protection to just getting vaccinated.

Yep. I heard on NPR today the vaccine gets all the way into your bone marrow. You have lifetime protection unless your immune system is compromised. It prompts your body to form T cells that scour the respiratory tract for covid particles to destroy.

I'm surprised so many people in my poll plan to rush out and get boosters as soon as they can. I guess the fearmongering by the pharmaceutical companies to boost sales is working. Meanwhile billions around the world have no protection as most of the doses go, again and again, to the developed countries.

[JaneV2.0]

The news reported that unused doses are going bad in the South, where people are big on relying on God, their immune systems, or Ivermectin.

[bae]

I guess the fearmongering by the pharmaceutical companies to boost sales is working. .

Hogwash

[happystuff]

Question for those with legitimate health background and experience - I keep wondering why, if vaccines are presumed by many to be the "cure all", are so many people (non-compromised, healthy people like my 2 bils, for example) that are vaccinated getting Delta variant (and possibly other variants) of covid? Unless the answer is that the vaccine is simply not a "cure all" - which is my belief at this point in time.

[Yppej]

Question for those with legitimate health background and experience - I keep wondering why, if vaccines are the "cure all", are so many people (non-compromised, healthy people like my 2 bils, for example) that are vaccinated getting Delta variant (and possibly other variants) of covid? Unless the answer is that the vaccine is simply not a "cure all" - which is my belief at this point in time.

The vaccine is not a prevent all, but it is a cure all for healthy people. It keeps them from getting sick, being hospitalized, and dying.

For details see my post above by experts interviewed on NPR who have legitimate health backgrounds.

[iris lilies]

Question for those with legitimate health background and experience - I keep wondering why, if vaccines are presumed by many to be the "cure all", are so many people (non-compromised, healthy people like my 2 bils, for example) that are vaccinated getting Delta variant (and possibly other variants) of covid? Unless the answer is that the vaccine is simply not a "cure all" - which is my belief at this point in time.

There are no absolutes or “cure alls.”


It’s likely the vaccines received by your BILS kept them from getting more serious cases.

The studies so far, still early in the Delta game, are showing Less serious cases among the vaccinated, few of those people need to be hospitalized, even if you were die.

But that’s true today and it can change tomorrow as a virus mutates and infects more and etc.