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Originally Posted by Torture
I hear this one from anti-vaxxers at work all the time. The covid vaccine didn't produce sterilizing immunity and prevent transmission and therefore vaccine mandates were useless.
Except that
1) Vaccine mandates increased uptake of the vaccine (reducing severe outcomes and overflow of hospitals)
2) Vaccines need not produce 100% sterilizing immunity, even if it only somewhat reduces the viral load that may be enough to reduce transmission.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/a...the-pandemic1/
https://theconversation.com/coronavi...problem-152204
3) And I really wish this didn't have to be said, but calling it an experimental vaccine does not make it an experimental vaccine.  |
Well technically all vaccines at some point were experimental, either way though ever since I got my vaccines I get great cell phone reception.
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