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by joshuahughes 1791 days ago
"just get vaccinated and not worry about getting fired"

The word 'just' must be one of the most heavily used words of the last 18 months. The problem is that 'just' is the start of a slippery slope. Governments and organisations rarely withdraw authoritarian diktats, once we've allowed them in.
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shaklee3 1791 days ago
The vaccine has an overwhelming amount of data showing it's effective, and very little showing side effects. At some point it's a national responsibility to get it. If you don't, then there's nothing that says you should have a job at faang.
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reader_mode 1790 days ago
>The vaccine has an overwhelming amount of data showing it's effective, and very little showing side effects.

I see studies exploring long term/subtle effects of COVID, along with controls that were not infected. I don't see a lot of "vaccinated but not infected" and "vaccinated and infected" groups in these studies. I'd be far more convinced if those studies were done.

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chitowneats 1791 days ago
So effective that we're going back to mask mandates, talking feverishly about boosters, etc. And this is for already vaccinated individuals. Can't blame the boogeyman "anti-vaxxers" for increases in cases and hospitalizations in countries where Pfizer is readily admitting that the "immunity" granted by their product is "waning":

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/23/delta-variant-pfizer-covid-v...

Are we ready to have an adult conversation about mRNA gene therapy and how it differs from traditional vaccines? We're up to 3 shots a year already. Typical vaccines protect the individual for the rest of their life.

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shaklee3 1791 days ago
They're going back to mask mandates because the numbers are going back up due to unvaccinated people... I thought this was all clear?
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chitowneats 1790 days ago
Did you even read the article? Vax rates in Israel are extremely high.
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shaklee3 1790 days ago
Of course. I've seen that headline in plenty of places. But as soon as you scroll past the headline you see:

"However, the two-dose vaccine still works very well in preventing people from getting seriously sick, demonstrating 88% effectiveness against hospitalization and 91% effectiveness against severe illness, according to the Israeli data published Thursday."

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