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Originally Posted by woodrow
No no...he's right. I am ready to be put out to pasture. Getting my cane fitt'n next week.
But to your point on variants, like you I am not freaked out, but if we can minimize the number of variants and their potential problems, why not? That is why I want everyone, old and young, to get vaccinated, whether mRNA based or vaccines like J&J (assuming there is 1. No causal connection or 2. Deemed worth the risk).
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Nobody here is "freaked out". Frankly, I doubt there's as much disagreement as some might wish.
We mostly agree the CDC blew their early responsibilities with a test that didn't work and totally inadequate contact tracing and so on a year ago. In my opinion, their most important job right now is genotyping any and all "breakthrough" cases looking for evidence of variants that do have an ability to evade the vaccines in serious numbers and, if any are discovered, making sure that production of modified vaccines is in process. The article I posted above suggests they are on top of this. I just hope they are.
It is also important to reduce viral replication as much as possible. That will minimize the potential for mutations that could be a problem. And it means getting as many people as possible vaccinated, young and old (it doesn't matter how sick the virus makes you when it infects you--it can mutate in you regardless). It also means that young people avoiding vaccination and/or accepting a high degree of risk of infection is a problem for everyone because they are an incubator for potential mutations.
All this is among the reasons 10023's attitude is so wrong. But to the degree urban politician just wants lockdowns and economy-damaging restrictions lifted, we agree. I've personally never been for the tightest of measures (I said at the beginning of this discussion that I wouldn't stay locked in my home even if told to) and I agree with him that even the time for lesser but economy-damaging measures has passed. And for G*d sake get the schools open.