Can't find it. Where in the link does it say FDA changed specifications because of problems with their original approval? I read it as a temporary measure only about alcohol when there was a shortage of sanitizers and stopped when there was adequate inventory.
1. The vaccine is not 100% effective at preventing infection
2. It is not 100% at preventing the infected from being a carrier
3. The vaccines lose efficacy over time requiring everyone to "reup" on a 6-10 month schedule (they are still evaluating the recommended intervals)
4. Travel in and out of the US will always bring new chance for infection. Even if 100% of the US is vaccinated. 12-24 months (maybe longer) from now, when efficacy has waned infection will spread again by travel.
I agree with 1-3 as factual but I see them as barriers to reaching herd immunity rather than rationale to not be vaccinated. 4 can be addressed by testing or a quarantine period for incoming international visitors. And if US has achieved herd immunity infections from out of the country will not result in even a spike in COVID cases anyway. Vaccination is a critical element of reaching herd immunity just as it has been for other potentially deadly viruses.
Your position is very clear. As is mine I would think. You are placing blame on these people for prolonging the pandemic. I am of the opinion that covid will always be here and frankly, people not getting vaccinated has very little affect on my family's safety or freedoms. We do everything we did before now except that we take precautions (like masks indoors) because the environment has changed. Before vaccinations were a thing, non-mask wearers were a threat. Now they aren't. Now, it's their choice if they want to take that risk as I no longer worry about a serious infection. We either trust that the vaccine works at the quoted 90%+ rate or we don't.
The key word in my post was -part of the problem. I don't think of it has blame. The problem is getting COVID under control. Vaccination is the cornerstone. I'm not blaming anyone for their position. I'm saying they are part of the problem. If not part of the problem how are they part of the solution?
To the bolded. So you believe that if there was a 95-100% vaccination rate, covid 19 would be beaten? Within the 6 month efficacy period we could go back to shaking hands, not wearing masks, and gathering in large crowds?
Since we have not reached herd immunity no one knows for sure what percent vaccination for COVID results in herd immunity. The original percentage was based previous viruses which was 75-85 percent. Regardless, herd immunity is the goal.
Disagree. I think the economic factors at play are much more to blame. "Just in time" supply chain. The blocking of the Suez. The inefficiencies of our ports. The increase of imports. The reason for not enough workers has nothing to do with the unvaccinated. It's more about inflation, payscales, eviction moratoriums, and unemployment benefits. More people are starting their own E businesses now than ever because they realize working like a slave to barely make it sucks.
https://www.piie.com/blogs/realtime-...uring-covid-19 Unemployment continues to drop because people are working or have exited the job market to work for themselves.
Just in time has been a SOP for decades. The problem with the supply was already there when the Suez was blocked as were port inefficiencies. The pandemic exasperated the problems. Imports increased as quarantining and infections increased. Folks had the time, the money and many weren't spending money on things like vacations so they bought more products. Some of the new E businesses are the result of the feelings you mention. Far more are the result of lost jobs or reduced income from the impact of the pandemic. They saw the opportunity to not return to their jobs but rather open their own businesses. The cost of opening an E business is low and there is usually no brick and mortar or cost of employees.
Sorry I misunderstood your position on masks. The NIH position on masks changed after two months. COVID was new. it took that long to determine how contagious it is. That is the reason for the change in position. It was not due to error.