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POLL: What's Your Vaccination Status?
JimH:
So far, the fully vaccinated percentage is 83% and partially or fully is 89%.
According to the NY Times, in the U.S., the corresponding numbers are 60% and 69% for 18 and over.
Significant difference.
EnglishTiger:
--- Quote from: Awesome Donkey on July 24, 2021, 11:13:45 am ---Exactly. Viruses are constantly mutating and evolving.
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True - The Flu Vaccine has to be reformulated nearly every year because the virus keeps mutating.
Over here in the UK the 3rd Vaccine Dose is constantly referred to as a Booster Shot that everyone in the Vulnerable Groups would need to have annually at the same time as the Flu vaccine. They are even carrying out research to see if the 2 vaccines (Covid and Flu) can be merged into a single vaccine.
michael123:
--- Quote from: Hendrik on July 24, 2021, 03:48:04 pm ---Once everyone is vaccinated, only vaccinated people contract it or even die from the virus. Its a fact many forget. Its why they say its 90% effective (or whatever number the different vaccines list), they don't work for every case.
But the numbers will be vastly reduced.
Vaccination against an evolving virus like this one will never be 100%, but by reducing the cases by 90% already, you limit its ability to spread, and you take a lot of pressure off of the health care system.
Vaccination can also simply mean that you have a far lower reaction to getting infected, because your immune system already has an idea what to do about it.
These are all expected results and widely available information. Getting vaccinated doesn't guarantee immunity. But it gives you a significantly better chance to either not get it, or just beat it quickly without problems.
And yes, its very likely that we'll need to re-up after 6-12 months. Maybe once. Maybe more often. I don't see this as a big deal. You go in and get a quick shot. A bit worse for those with severe reactions to the vaccine, but for the majority you get a bit of aching for a day and thats that. What else are you going to do, just not? Nevermind that you either have to get constantly tested or just be excluded from much social life, its also risking your own health and that of those around you. Its just the reality how it is, and we can't change it. And noone to blame, except for misinformation and bad handling. Around here they certainly are talking about a potential 3rd shot as soon as october for those that got theirs early.
PS:
Personally, I would have advocated to just not go on international vacations over the last year and a half. Its just a risk not worth taking.
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Completely agree. Yet, vacations we were locked for almost 2 years at home..
Yes, it removes the pressure from the health system at large, however you can see on the graphs that total number of infectious is rising, as well as more severe cases including hospitilizing and deaths, however very small numbers yet rising as well.
Wearing masks were canceled and made mandatory again, some restrictions for gathering are back, green passport will be back in 2 weeks (there is small number of anti vaccationation crowd that will be forced to either pay every time for the test to enter a gym or get a shot), red countries list is growing
michael123:
Israel started vaccination campaign with 3rd shot. Now 60 yrs and older. Didn't wait for FDA
dtc:
--- Quote from: michael123 on July 30, 2021, 02:55:09 am ---Israel started vaccination campaign with 3rd shot. Now 60 yrs and older. Didn't wait for FDA
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Under the current Emergency Use Order in the US, most people cannot get a third vaccine. Pfizer is currently working towards getting approval, but most people will have to wait for that approval before they can get a third shot. Some immunocompromised people are getting a third shot, but have to show that the initial ones are not working as intended. In Israel, they approved a booster shot for those over 65 who got their shots more than 5 months ago. Immunocompromised people can also get a booster.
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