[BurningFrog]

This argues against only giving one dose instead of two. But no one is proposing that.

The argument is that while there is a vaccine shortage, it is better to give as many as possible one dose, instead of giving only half that many people two doses, leaving the rest unprotected.

When available, everyone gets the second shot, which should work just as well 6 months later.

[neuronic]

> which should work just as well 6 months later

Do you have clinical evidence for that? I doubt it. OP still has a more valid point. Public trust in the vaccine and its apparent effectiveness ASAP after the vaccination campaign begins will be gigantic factors in its success.

We all know that a hard lockdown brings down the new-infection numbers WEEKS after beginning the lockdown, yet there are still a lot of people on Twitter, YT and at demonstrations (at least here in Germany) where folks are angry that the lockdown doesn't work 2 DAYS after its beginning.

The amount of truly wary/ignorant people out there is around 5-15% of the entire population in Germany and handing out a 63%-effective vaccine will be fuel to their bullshit stories.

I wish people would start taking this more seriously. We have a huge chunk of the population (5-15%) where discussions don't work anymore because their arguments aren't based in a common reality (e.g. "viruses exist and may pose a threat" is surprisingly often not a supported opinion).

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> We all know that a hard lockdown brings down the new-infection numbers WEEKS after beginning the lockdown, yet there are still a lot of people on Twitter, YT and at demonstrations (at least here in Germany) where folks are angry that the lockdown doesn't work 2 DAYS after its beginning.

In the spirit of understanding, in your words what are the biggest arguments against forcing a hard lock down?

[BurningFrog]

> Do you have clinical evidence for that?

I'm no epidemiologist, but I understand this is the how booster vaccine shots typically work.

I care less about public trust and the PR angle, and more about getting as many people protected as possible. If dumb people say dumb things matter much less.