Unvaccinated people increase infections
A study published in the Canadian Medical Journal says that unvaccinated people increase the risk of COVID-19 infection among the vaccinated. So – as was suspected all along – choosing not to be vaccinated isn’t just about managing a risk to oneself, but to everyone one comes in contact with.
CTV writes a dubious headline here: “Experts advise Canadians to consider personal risk before getting 4th COVID vaccine dose.” But this is about the risk of catching Covid, not risks from the vaccine itself, which some might assume is intended. The article is actually quite informative about the debate over how long we should wait for a second booster after either having the first, or being diagnosed with Covid.
Meezly 20:15 on 2022-04-25 Permalink
From the Gazette article: “However, he acknowledges that a simple mathematical model doesn’t fully reflect the real world or the diverse factors that must be taken into account when setting public health policy…”
I know one family who have managed not to get vaccinated at all against Covid, but they have also caught Covid and recovered (I don’t know how much they realize how lucky they were). Most everyone, vaxxed or not, has caught Covid, and have therefore have some form of immunity, right? But the study does not seem to consider this factor either.
Kevin 23:19 on 2022-04-25 Permalink
Boileau decided to pull a number out of thin air and say 3 million were infected earlier this year… but Delta was more likely to cause infections and put people in hospital than previous strains, so ♂️
Judging from the UK, where bucketloads did have Covid and bucketloads were vaccinated and now 275 are dying every day, I don’t think prior infections do much.
But looking at the USA where everyone over 65 had had one dose of vaccine or they’ve died… I don’t know.
Kevin 23:30 on 2022-04-25 Permalink
The hard-to-believe data comes from here https://www.mayoclinic.org/coronavirus-covid-19/vaccine-tracker