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Old 11-10-2021, 21:56   #7521
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Re: Coronavirus

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Originally Posted by pip08456 View Post
You'd rather believe what the Guardian says than check yourself. Cases do not now mean more deaths and more cases are less severe but that wouldn't fit your or their agenda would it?

What’s the agenda?

Wanting less hospitalisation, less death and a better economic recovery? I’m not sure there’s really anything untoward or unreasonable than that as a position to take.

Cases are less severe than before vaccination, and cases are less likely to die than before vaccination, but clearly if more people catch it more people will have severe cases and deaths (versus less people catching it). These figures still track, but at lower levels than they used to.

Vaccines waning are a legitimate concern as we go into the winter and other countries are pushing a booster dose for all 18+. If that’s the route to go down, shouldn’t we also take it? Or should we bury our heads in the sand as there’s genuinely nothing we can learn from observing anywhere else and their experience? I’d contend that anyone taking that stance would be the one with the agenda, and not my stance.
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