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by phobosanomaly
2028 days ago
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There is no ultimate public health solution ever in any situation! Of course our response will be a multi-faceted approach! Look at how many businesses are now installing UV-lights in ventilation systems, allowing people to work from home, and how the wearing of masks has become normalized and accepted in many parts of the country! People will no longer hesitate to throw on a mask if they feel ill, unlike before when we used to wander into Target sneezing and coughing all over everything! Think of how awesome that is for immunocompromised people! The vaccine will be a critical link in a long chain that will hopefully save thousands, and thousands of lives. Whether it 100% eliminates the shedding of any measurable viral particles, knocks it down by 10%, 20%, 30%, 50% or whatever, it's a huge win. Right now we have zero way to even think about reducing viral shedding in real-world populations. We're relying 100% on social distancing and masks. Get excited! We're gonna kick this thing! |
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Meanwhile, exclusive evening news in the UK:
https://news.yahoo.com/exclusive-vaccine-wont-free-self-1656...
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/12/03/exclusive-vaccin...
3 December 2020 • 7:00pm
“Exclusive: Coronavirus vaccine won't free you from self-isolation, says Government —- The jabs provide Covid-19 immunity but scientists are yet to prove this prevents recipients from carrying and spreading the virus”
“People who receive the coronavirus vaccine will not be exempted from self-isolation if they are contacted by NHS Test and Trace, it has emerged.
Although the vaccine will give recipients immunity from the virus, scientists do not yet know whether it will stop them being carriers.
Government sources said it was likely to be months before there was any prospect of the vaccine negating the need for self-isolation.
It means that even if someone has been vaccinated, they will still have to remain at home for 14 days if they come into contact with someone who has the virus.”
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“Any other vaccine that might be approved by regulators, such as the one being developed by Oxford University, will also be subject to the same lengthy process of discovering whether it prevents people being “silent” carriers of the virus.”