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Originally Posted by EODguy
Delta variant...
As many people remember a virus mutates and becomes more transmissible but less deadly/virulent, so the answer in my opinion is to protect the elderly and those who are immunocompromised and treat it like the flu.
Remember that the average death rate is 0.7% worldwide from the original and subsequent variations.
To use an analogy... 211 per 100k women died while giving birth worldwide average, but only 18 per 100k in the USA.
Should then a "mandate" be put in place for the rest of the world, that any woman who is pregnant that has ANY risk whatsoever be forced to have an abortion?
I notice that people forget to add the people who've recovered from Covid19 to the totals of immunized as though it is only the shot which gives protection. If those numbers are added to people who've been vaccinated we are then well above herd immunity (even the inflated % they now want)
Let people live in freedom is the only answer....
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We are far far from herd immunity. The latest educated guess is over 90%. There is no indication we will get there since it has become a political cornerstone of primarily republicans rather than a conclusion based on fact based science to refuse to be vaccinated.
As the infections continue the virus will mutate again. The Delta version is deadly and it appears to cause more longterm problems. A new mutation could be more infectious and more deadly. It is not fact that mutations are always more infectious and less deadly. And, as mutations continue the current vaccinations could become less effective. Not getting vaccinated or wearing a mask is no longer due to lack of supporting scientific evidence so one can claim ignorance. That leaves political affiliation as the criteria and/or stupidity. Neither of those flawed positions can't be fixed.
If everyone followed the speed limit there would be no reason to have penalties for exceeding the limit. We have learned that won't happen so we put laws in place, ('mandates') to correct the problem. I think that more and more school districts, small businesses and federally aided entities will mandate masks and vaccinations. One way or another we have to get much closer to assured herd immunity.
If one doesn't want mandates then they should get vaccinated and wear a mask. If mandates are put in place it will be because of those that have a warped, appalling definition of freedom. We are a free society but made no mistake that one's freedom ends when it infringes on the freedom of others.