I keep hearing people say... "unvaccinated people are the problem as they spread the virus" insanity
40k people are testing positive every day - despite well over 65% of the adults being vaccinated
These numbers are about 20k short of the levels they were when vaccines didn't exist
However, the vaccine hardly cuts the spread and even one of the government advisors said that the current vaccines barely effects transmission
The people who try to scare people into getting vaccinated by saying the vaccine stops the spread really need to stop it
Ask them why the numbers are 20k less and they say that the vaccine is cutting the spread
Which is not true
The reason the numbers are 20k less is because less people are getting tested - because they are vaccinated and not getting ill so they don't have a reason to test
The vaccine saves lives and is a good thing - but trying to force people into getting it is so wrong, they should be allowed to make their own decision... if Mike takes the vaccine it will possibly save Mike's life, it won't save the life of Terry next door
Last week Austria announced a lockdown for the unvaccinated, sadly they they changed it after 4 days which isn't enough as it would take 2/3 weeks to start seeing the impact of lockdown
But what we would have seen was the idea of locking the unvaccinated indoors would not make a big difference to their case numbers, what would have happened is all those people who (we all know people who say it) say "I got the vaccine because I didn't want to spread the virus to my gran" would realise the vaccine doesn't stop the spread and then they wouldn't bother getting boosters.
Even MP's seem to be fuelling a war, vaccinated V unvaccinated, which is totally pointless, we don't need this divide, I know a bunch of vaccinated people who were fully vaccinated and caught it off other fully vaccinated people (fully vaccinated elderly people who the only people they've had in their house was their fully vaccinated sons/daughters) and others you speak to will also know someone whose been fully vaccinated but still caught it, so yes, both the vaccinated and the unvaccinated can spread Covid-19
Masks do have more chance of stopping the spread than vaccines and for me, masks should never have been dropped because we knew the vaccines didn't stop the spread before the mask wearing was dropped
I know some people will not like this opinion which is fine as they are fed up with masks - I don't like wearing masks either but the problem I see is - if a new variant comes up which is worse and the vaccines are not as effective against it - the not wearing of masks enables that new variant to spread quickly - which could potentially lead to more restrictions again... in my opinion wearing a mask is a small price to pay to keep the idea of another lockdown as far away as possible
We saw last year how quickly the Kent variant took hold and became dominant
There are also scientists who have said that vaccines suppress the virus and this suppression can increase the chances of the virus becoming a new breakthrough variant
Just for the record I am vaccinated and I'm not an anti vaxer, like I've said, yes it saves lives, I just see countries banning the unvaccinated from public transport and think this is all getting a bit daft, there are a lot of unvaccinated shop workers who are key workers and they say they won't get vaccinated because they survived not getting ill while working every day in shops before the vaccines existed so they think they'll be fine without it - without these shop key workers people would have starved and not been able to get their food, drink and toilet rolls - even the doctors and nurses needed the shop key workers because they needed supplies too
Lets apply common sense and all play nicely, being vaccinated does not make us better than those who are not vaccinated.
Laura-1 wrote:£20+ for masks is a disgrace, best thing to do is browse through Amazon or eBay at masks that are between £3 - £8 each, you can see all the different fitments and then head onto a search engine and find a shop that sells them.