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  • HuskyJW
    HuskyJW Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 15,436 Founders Club
    I have seen very few antimaskers in the produce section....

    Maybe he’s on to something
  • pawz
    pawz Member, Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 22,515 Founders Club
    HuskyJW said:

    I have seen very few antimaskers in the produce section....

    Maybe he’s on to something

    Probably because Fuhrer's Inslee and Brown compel businesses to require them.

    Otherwise your disengenuous comment was a homerun.
  • GreenRiverGatorz
    GreenRiverGatorz Member Posts: 10,168

    Well, he’s right

    From a personal health standpoint, yes. From a herd immunity standpoint, no.
    Unhealthy people and fraidy cats are getting vaccinated, which creates "vaccine-dependent immunity." Problem with Pfizer and Moderna is they do the work for your body, while J&J is old school and works with your immune system to develop immunity, not alongside it.
    Curious about this piece. What makes "vaccine dependent" immunity any different than natural immunity from infection? Is there anything to suggest that the latter is any better at protecting against the virus, including resistance to newer variants?

    Dr. Marty Makary, who is firmly in the camp of "open the fuck up and tell Fauci to shove it" certainly talks about the two as though they're interchangeable, and this is the first I've heard anyone suggest the vaccine would be less effective than previously having the infection.
  • hardhat
    hardhat Member Posts: 8,344

    Well, he’s right

    From a personal health standpoint, yes. From a herd immunity standpoint, no.
    I'm wondering what exactly would achieve herd immunity. So many countries had very strict lockdowns but that didn't seem to work. From everything I've seen, the vaccines do work, at least for protecting the vulnerable and those in high risk areas. So I'd want my parents to have it. But I'm not sure we need kids to have it. And it does sound harsh to say virus gonna virus, but it seems herd immunity is only achieved with a combination of antibodies in those who had it (99%) and those who get the vaccine. I wouldn't tell adults not to get it, but I feel our public health experts are going to drag this out for years with endless lockdowns and mask mandates.
  • PurpleThrobber
    PurpleThrobber Member Posts: 48,595 Standard Supporter

    I remember when Trump was mocked as a retard for talking about herd immunity

    We could have got there without the vax

    But how many 98 year old grannies with cancer would have died of the Vid in the process?
  • hardhat
    hardhat Member Posts: 8,344

    I remember when Trump was mocked as a retard for talking about herd immunity

    We could have got there without the vax

    But how many 98 year old grannies with cancer would have died of the Vid in the process?
    I listened to some fucktard from IHME use weasel words to explain that Washington will get to herd immunity, but it will just take....tim. A long tim. So I guess we'll just mask up and lockdown until 2023.
  • GreenRiverGatorz
    GreenRiverGatorz Member Posts: 10,168
    hardhat said:

    Well, he’s right

    From a personal health standpoint, yes. From a herd immunity standpoint, no.
    I'm wondering what exactly would achieve herd immunity. So many countries had very strict lockdowns but that didn't seem to work. From everything I've seen, the vaccines do work, at least for protecting the vulnerable and those in high risk areas. So I'd want my parents to have it. But I'm not sure we need kids to have it. And it does sound harsh to say virus gonna virus, but it seems herd immunity is only achieved with a combination of antibodies in those who had it (99%) and those who get the vaccine. I wouldn't tell adults not to get it, but I feel our public health experts are going to drag this out for years with endless lockdowns and mask mandates.
    I think that's the big unknown since the % needed for herd immunity can vary wildly by disease. The problem is compounded when Fauci and the public health apparatus aren't willing to stick their necks out and at least start making estimates, or even so much as consider natural infection as part of the herd immunity equation.

    @BleachedAnusDawg is right in that we'll probably never technically reach herd immunity and eradicate the disease. But a good outcome is one where enough people build up immunity to the point where the worst case scenario is this thing kills people at the same clip as the flu. Say, under 50k a year.