I was pro-vax but anti-mandate. The pro-vax, pro-mandate folks were pushing vaccines and vaccine mandates whether someone had COVID or not and supporting the idea that the vaccine could give better protection than getting the virus. That was misinformation - and authoritarian,
@espola.
You are both confused because you have refused to use basic rational reasoning and lack a healthy curiosity to question claims that support your fears. Well, that's why you are confused
@dad4.
@espola is confused because he's
@espola.
Reading comprehension, you say
@espola? Consistent with your standard approach, you avoid addressing an argument where you were incorrect - in this case, vaccines don't confer better immunity than getting COVID. Instead, you address a completely different argument without the finesse to make it look like you are addressing the original argument. Even Karine Jean-Pierre would shake her head in disdain at your attempts.
Reading comprehension part II. Vaccine mandates are about protecting others. Based on the excerpt above, which one is better at protecting others? The one that protects you more from another episode or the one that gives the person that gets the infection a second time a slightly better chance at avoiding a severe outcome? Warning, it may require rational thought that leads you to a different conclusion than the one you jumped to without rational thought.
Separately, I have a comment about the reporting of these studies. Any reporting of %'s without a thorough breakdown by age group makes the reporting marginally useful - at best. It's a different disease with different outcomes depending on the age group. The other thing I need to see now is co-morbidities. The COVID Experience has shown me I have been too lazy in blindly trusting experts and our government. The open dialogue that I imagined existed here in the US has been shattered by the documented suppression of dissent and facts that don't support the narrative of those in power. Power without transparency always leads to where we are now regarding the COVID Experience. It will require healthy skepticism and unyielding support of transparency to overcome the damage.
