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Originally Posted by Bearcat
What's your solution?
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Great question. I dont have the resources or the data to give you something that would solve this (and lets be honest, even if I had all those things, I probably wouldnt be able to as it is not my field of expertise).
We are in a Covid (non political) thread, so I would love to leave the government out of any solution.
I think too many here are focused on Unvaxxed vs Vaxxed. The comparisons between them and of course, all things equal of a singular person, having been vaxxed is beneficial to the end user in making sure their survival rate has better chances if and when they get Covid. I think that is proven.
That being said, not everyone is created the same, or has the same issues. The Vaxx maybe more harmful to some, than getting Covid. Thats a real possibility.
My personal circle has had brain clots from the J and J vaccine as well as other issues. Some, like my parents, are fine after having small side affects (My family came to the States to take the vaccine because there werent enough in Argentina)
Some already have had Covid and are immune (at least from the variant they had) - Not enough data
Some are naturally immune - Not enough data
Some are not getting the vaccination because they have certain religious beliefs.
Some are not getting the vaccination because of government trust (minorities)
Some are not getting the vaccination because they want to get pregnant or other issues and the clinical studies have not been able to be had for long term effects.
The variants are not coming from inside the US, so as far as I know Delta or Gamma or Lambda was not because of the unvaxxed in the US. (There are 100m maybe in the US, 5.4 billion worldwide?, what are the probabilities)
So I would stop blaming the unvaccinated in the US for things they have not caused. There is too much hate and finger pointing and white knighting.
* How about focusing on making sure our hospitals having what they need to support the extra influx during seasonality issues. We were not prepared to handled the extra load.
* How about focusing on better messaging (not fear porn or blaming) from our Health Professionals and transparency with the data (good or bad)
* How about focusing on the things we can control and stop blaming Red / Blue States for problems.
* Minorities are a real issue here. They have low vaccination rates. Help them get what they need by providing additional avenues.
I don't know, forcing people to take this vaccine is not the answer and dividing people or shaming people into doing it is also wrong.