As someone who has had it and subsequently contracted the Delta variant, all while dutifully wearing masks in public, I can confirm. SARS-CoV-2 is a very dangerous virus.
This is where I disagree with you. It sounds like you're saying that those who have a different opinion from you aren't reasonable, and without qualifying how it is that they aren't.
A ridiculous number of people vaccinated are now experiencing Covid infections. Look at Israel, Singapore. They've vaccinated the highest percentages of their populations. Yet they're experiencing rapid rates of infection, amongst the vaccinated.
Here in Japan, we're experiencing the highest rates of infection following the campaign to vaccinate everyone.
So, let's have a debate.
What is to debate? Delta is highly contagious. So contagious that there are breakthrough infections even among some who are vaccinated with two doses of Pfizer or Moderna and full doses of other vaccines.
But look at the degree of illness, hospitalization, and death in the vaccinated vs unvaccinated populations. The overwhelming number of people dying from Delta are unvaccinated.
Those who think they can evade exposure to Delta are taking a huge risk.
Delta is a very different virus in terms of contagiousness than the original variant.
Vaccines are still somewhat effective in reducing initial infection--but do seem to require a third dose to remain maximally effective for protection against infection, but all one needs to do to see the effectiveness against hospitalization and death is to look at the numbers.
Delta is mainly killing the unvaccinated. That really isn't a matter of debate or something that is unsettled.
Those who contract Delta are very likely to spread Covid. The R0 number is 6. That means on average each person who gets Delta will infect 6 more people.
This is a disease that not only puts people into ICU wards (where they are often ventilated) and often die, but it spreads an illness that appears to cause a ME/CFS-like illness.
I don't want to me part of someone else contracting ME/CFS if I can potentially avoid it by taking reasonable means, including being vaccinated with three doses--which have done me zero perceptible harm.
Bill
