Dennis in MA
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I thought you were immune now.IF we still have "history"
Just got off a Zoom with some MIT intelligentsia.
Delta variant accounts for 90+% of new cases.
It's much more contagious than the original strain.
It's now aerosolized.
Vaccines will not prevent an infection nor keep you from infecting others.
(tho they will mitigate extreme symptoms)
Booster shots when available are an excellent way to maintain immune system.
Wear a mask (properly fitted), maintain 6 feet social distance, avoid indoor areas with many people.
Birthday parties for ex- presidents, with hundreds of unmasked guests in close proximity and heavily respirating are entirely acceptable.
Honestly, there is so little info out there. They have no idea. If it's aerosolized, the masks are useless. Well, not useless, but less useful. But there hasn't been nearly enough time for them to test out the effectiveness of the virus based on delivery. Except touch-transmission. Turns out you don't need to wash your cereal in a mixture of lye and bleach anymore. LOL.
EVERYONE (self included) is shooting from the hip and will be for the next half-decade.
Evolutionary pressure is for viruses to get more contagious and less virulent. Numbers from "official" sources are agenda-driven propaganda, so good luck finding confirmation or verifiable refutation.
Maybe. Maybe not. What data is true and what isn't??? If some of you are to be believed, the data is as reliable as Chinese economic data. Then what do you do? Is it more virulent and they are lying to keep us from panicking? Less virulent but they want us to think it's bad so we kow-tow to their rules? Depending on your conspiracy theory of choice, you can make it look like anything you want. You're Reese in Terminator 1. You're Jerry in Conspiracy Theory. You can fit any reports to your theory because you get to pick and choose what "facts" you believe and disbelieve.
I feel like it's April 2020 all over again. I'm hoping you're right, Crit. More contagious, less virulent, get everyone a shot and it just goes away.
Fauci was on Christimamagoochi Amanpour last night. I was playing SW Battlefront and when I swapped back to TV at 11:15, there he was. He seemed actually better than he has been. Again, no flipping or flopping. And he seemed to hedge that local governments are teh ones that should be mandating. Which I found interesting.