| I noticed three misconceptions. First is - 2 doses of vaccine is expected to bring good immunity against Delta variant - well, this is simply wrong - high viral load Delta needs at least 3 doses of vaccine for adequate immune response. It is pointless to continue discussion when it is based on wrong understanding. She also gets it wrong about younger generation vaccination. There is huge age based difference in immune response after 2 doses of vaccine - 2 doses of vaccine appears to be very effective against transmission in younger generation. Less transmission - less exposure to the deadly virus for the in risk generation - less deaths among them. How is it that avoiding death and hospitalization has become the metric for need of vaccination? I do not think that people vaccinate children against measles to avoid going to the hospital - they vaccinate to avoid a nasty disease and vaccinating children against COVID-19 does exactly that. She is also completely wrong about importance of early testing. Focusing on testing allows to predict high load on hospitals earlier and gives the government more time to react with preventive measures. Perhaps there should be not that high public focus on it but this does not reduce the importance of it. There is another necessity for early testing - new drugs that are only effective when administered early so early diagnosis becomes even more important. This is a defeatist view based on wrong understanding of the situation. It is saddening that many people in comments section do not see it through and tend to go along. |