Posted on 04/28/2022 10:47:52 AM PDT by nickcarraway
People who don’t get vaccinated against COVID-19 are putting themselves in danger and also are creating a “disproportionate” threat to the health of vaccinated people, even in places with high vaccination rates, says a study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.
The study by University of Toronto researchers used computer modeling based on the province of Ontario to predict infection rates when unvaccinated and vaccinated people mixed to varying degrees. The researchers worked in factors such as vaccine effectiveness, baseline immunity among the unvaccinated, and infection recovery rates.
Unvaccinated people were always at a higher risk of infection, the study said. Vaccinated people had lower infection rates when they mixed with other vaccinated people and lower rates when they mixed with unvaccinated people. The study found unvaccinated people enjoyed a lower infection rate when they mixed with vaccinated people because the vaccinated people served as a “buffer,” the study said.
“We found that the choices made by people who forgo vaccination contribute disproportionately to risk among those who do get vaccinated,” the researchers wrote.
“Although risk associated with avoiding vaccination during a virulent pandemic accrues chiefly to people who are unvaccinated, their choices affect risk of viral infection among those who are vaccinated in a manner that is disproportionate to the portion of unvaccinated people in the population.”
The research shows that not getting vaccinated is not just a personal decision, one of the study’s authors said in an interview.
“At the end of the day, this is about collective action. Unfortunately, in a communicable disease system – we’re all connected and that’s why we have to rely on public health for things like this,” David Fisman, a professor of epidemiology at the University of Toronto’s Dalla Lana School of Public Health, told Global News.
“The decision to get vaccinated can’t be framed as just a matter of personal choice because it has implications for the safety of other people in the community.”
Fisman told Forbes the findings support the idea of mandates, vaccine passports and other legal measures to limit unvaccinated people’s access to public spaces. Restrictions have been imposed to limit the spread of other infectious diseases and even prevent people from smoking tobacco in indoor public places, the study noted.
Government leaders should consider the study when setting policy in the future, the study said.
“It is unlikely that SARS-CoV-2 will be eliminated, and our findings will likely be relevant to future seasonal SARS-CoV-2 epidemics or in the face of emerging variants,” the study said.
Worlds worst “vaccine”. Which is NOT a vaccine. So you’re better off not getting it and avoid the potential catastrophic side affects.
You got that right.
In spite of what the lonely few FR $hot $hills say.
😂🧑🎄
Talked to a friend in DC last night. He has been hiding inside and still masks up everywhere. He claims ‘Residual Covid’ will likely be worse than Covid and he anticipates staying holed up and masked indefinitely. He really believes Biden & co. He was shocked when I told him Louisiana except for the damned public health people is done with masking here are some nuts around, mostly women, especially blacks, who wear the damned things but overwhelmingly people here are done with the face diaper.
Deep lib land is still terrified of the Biden Covid.
Vaccinated people make me nervous. They’re spreading the virus without showing symptoms.
Theirs is a pointless study.
It should be “those with antibodies and those without”
Unless it’s just propaganda
It is only because the vaccinated damaged their immune system.
If vaccinated people want to stay away from me, I’m OK with that.
DEAR VAXXED PEOPLE: We’ll always have Zoom.
“ The publication’s conclusion not only is against layperson observation, but also against other careful statistical studies. As early as Sep 2021, a study titled “Increases in COVID-19 are unrelated to levels of vaccination across 68 countries and 2947 counties in the United States” looked at statistical correlation between jab levels and reported Covid-19 cases, and in fact found a slight positive correlation: higher level of jabs was correlated positively with higher Covid-19 cases. ”
https://brownstone.org/articles/fear-and-loathing-of-the-unvaccinated-gets-another-boost/
Beaver biscits!
biden proved the kung flu is a scam when he waltzed into the white house, disbanded trump’s “operation warp speed”, opened our southern border and continues to covertly spread over 2,000,000 nondocumented unvaccinated invaders across our country during a supposed “global pandemic” while anthony fauci, the cdc, the nih, the world health organization, the enemedia, hollywierd, and the majority of our elected representatives sit back and watch...
trust our government to protect you and your health at your own peril...
Exactly!!
But idiots keep believing them!! So FRUSTRATED. I am so disgusted by number of people giving up and giving in!! Even moderate to right thinkers, so many people I know don’t understand it is a fight for country and your rights. Thank God for this site or I would lose my mind completely
I know of many people who thought they couldn’t get the virus after being vaccinated - had symptoms, told themselves it can’t be c-19, spread it for days before being diagnosed with covid. this study appears to be garbage to me.
Indeed.
Now that's funny.
Thanks for posting the link.
It would have been interesting to see what happened if Dr. Bridle had plugged in 50%, say, instead of Fisman’s 20% or his 85/90%.
LOL....these BigPharma (yes, WebMD is BigPharma owned) can’t keep from lying about their dangerous $hots....everything they say about them, the opposite is true.
Every adverse effect of these horrid things is being blamed on china virus, itself, or.....oOooooOooooh.....the un”vax”d.
They can’t be much more obvious.
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This quote is from VOX?! Likely reason they actually committed an act of journalism and wrote what appears to be an unbiased informative article on WebMD is that article was published in 2016 — or perhaps that is 4 BC (4 years before COVID).
From article:
All in all, is WebMD trustworthy? It depends on which page you land on and what you’re looking for. The site may be an okay starting point for information, like Wikipedia. But the information isn’t always reliable, and unlike Wikipedia, the site’s business model relies on the same industry it reports on.
https://www.vox.com/2016/4/5/11358268/webmd-accuracy-trustworthy
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