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Knut · 03-07-2023, 11:26 AM

I feel that people are applying the current variants characteristics to the when the Vaccine initially came out.

The Delta Variant was very dangerous. The vaccines did prevent some transmission of that variant and also was highly effective at preventing bad outcomes. If the variant at the time of the first two vaccines was Omicron then I highly doubt we would have had the mandates and vaccine passports as it is a completely different virus now vs then.

Remember when 90% in ICU were unvaccinated people eventhough we had 70% of the population vaccinated. Unvaccinated patients exposed to delta were 50x more likely to end up in hospital or the ICU. Even people 20-40 that were unvaccinated had a much higher risk of hospitalization with the Delta variant.

I certainly think there was very bogus stuff in the mandates (eg. 12 - 18 year olds could not enter sporting areas without testing 72 hrs before). The travel mandates went on way too long as well.

Stop applying Covid of Today to the conditions in 2021.

03-07-2023, 11:26 AM	#1397
Knut Join Date: Oct 2002 Exp:	I feel that people are applying the current variants characteristics to the when the Vaccine initially came out. The Delta Variant was very dangerous. The vaccines did prevent some transmission of that variant and also was highly effective at preventing bad outcomes. If the variant at the time of the first two vaccines was Omicron then I highly doubt we would have had the mandates and vaccine passports as it is a completely different virus now vs then. Remember when 90% in ICU were unvaccinated people eventhough we had 70% of the population vaccinated. Unvaccinated patients exposed to delta were 50x more likely to end up in hospital or the ICU. Even people 20-40 that were unvaccinated had a much higher risk of hospitalization with the Delta variant. I certainly think there was very bogus stuff in the mandates (eg. 12 - 18 year olds could not enter sporting areas without testing 72 hrs before). The travel mandates went on way too long as well. Stop applying Covid of Today to the conditions in 2021.