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by stmfreak 1740 days ago
Then get vaccinated and don’t worry about it.
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This is a terrible way to look at things. Just because you're vaccinated doesn't mean you can't catch and spread covid further.

It just means that you probably won't need to go to the hospital when you catch it.

It's funny if you step back from it and imagine the same conversation 10 years ago:

A: I don't want to go anywhere that someone might not be vaccinated against Covid-09

B: why dont you just get the vaccine?

A: well it's not a "vaccine" vaccine, you can still get it and spread it if you get vaccinated. So everybody should get vaccinated, and shouldn't be allowed near me if they're not.

B: ?

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I know and understand the counterpoints to this, I'm just pointing out how it might sound to someone whose capacity for reason hasn't been short-circuited yet

It does not work like that. I suggest reading up on some network science literature on spreading phenomena. Here's a start: http://networksciencebook.com/chapter/10#immunization
In this case it depends on their family's specific risk profiles.