Flu jab......are you for or against ?
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Alex321
Veteran
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There is a difference between not wanting something that only affects you, and not wanting something that then potentially affects anybody you come into significant contact with.I went to a vending machine just a few minutes ago to get a drink. There was only sugar free coke. I didn't want that so I didn't buy it.
I thought it important to make you aware of this
Jabs aren't just about protecting you as an individual, they are also about limiting the spread of disease in society as a whole.
Punkawallah
Über Member
A bit like the clap, really.
Ironically, as the proportion of the population who are vaccinated increases, so will the proportion of the population that are infected by vaccinated people . . .
Ironically, as the proportion of the population who are vaccinated increases, so will the proportion of the population that are infected by vaccinated people . . .
Totally agree with you.
Landsurfer
Veteran
We keep seeing in the media that the jabs, (had mine) , don’t stop you catching it or spreading it, so it’s purely for the benefit of the jabbed individual. I do wish people would stop pretending they are doing some great service for society. Does it matter if we wake up tomorrow morning and all the population of England test positive .. but no one dies ... Fortunately even the government is seeing the folly of constantly testing a healthy population .. even if it’s just the shear cost ...
It reduces the severity of it.
Landsurfer
Veteran
For the infected individual no doubt ... but for society ???
If society is as daft as some here then heaven help them.
roubaixtuesday
self serving virtue signaller
For covid, this is false.
Being vaccinated reduces the likelihood of catching it, which of course means you can't transmit it.
Also, albeit less so, it reduces the chance of transmission if you do catch it.
Believe what you want .
roubaixtuesday
self serving virtue signaller
Landsurfer
Veteran
Are they ?
Punkawallah
Über Member
I’m sure there’s something under this bridge . . .
:-)
A Gov. press release quoting a REACT study trumpets fully vaccinated are three times three times less likely to be infected as unvaccinated. Reading on gives a figure of some 4% vaccinated tested positive after contact with a known COVID case, compared to some 7% unvaccinated.
So yes, it seems that there is some relationship between vaccination status and rate of infection. But nothing to say that the -vaccination- is what makes the difference. Do the unvaccinated have a less cautious attitude to social mixing? Do the vaccinated look after their general health more? An American study apparently showS people with good vitamin D levels are less likely to contract the virus - is this a factor?
Think the jury is still out on this one.
:-)
A Gov. press release quoting a REACT study trumpets fully vaccinated are three times three times less likely to be infected as unvaccinated. Reading on gives a figure of some 4% vaccinated tested positive after contact with a known COVID case, compared to some 7% unvaccinated.
So yes, it seems that there is some relationship between vaccination status and rate of infection. But nothing to say that the -vaccination- is what makes the difference. Do the unvaccinated have a less cautious attitude to social mixing? Do the vaccinated look after their general health more? An American study apparently showS people with good vitamin D levels are less likely to contract the virus - is this a factor?
Think the jury is still out on this one.
roubaixtuesday
self serving virtue signaller
Yes.
https://assets.publishing.service.g...992/Vaccine_surveillance_report_-_week_38.pdf
Quit the covid misinformation
