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by bsaul 1756 days ago
I'm really glad you bring this argument, because it seems to me as it would be indeed the only "real" reason to have young people vaccinated..

Unfortunately, the recent news on that front don't bring much hope. Vaccinated people can be infected, and transmit the virus to elderly people (the rate at which they do being currently debated among specialist, some claiming it is much less, other claiming it is just as much as non-vaccinated asymptomatic people).

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I would like to think that getting vaccinated helped reduce viral load enough to help limit potential mutations to some degree, but who knows.

I do know I need to be able to live with myself, and if I accidentally hurt someone I loved due to being careless in the face of a real threat - it would tear me up. I'm sure others feel the same, and I hope people can keep it up through the fatigue. :)

yeah, it seems like if you're ever visiting an old relative, the better option seems to still be to get tested right before, vaccinated or not.