Someone asked me to help them with a project, in person, just after I would have completed my 14 day quarantine after returning from the US. They changed their mind when I told them I wasn't vaccinated, as they were concerned about their immunosuppressed partner. Both are fully vaxed.
Let's run the numbers on this:
Ontario is reporting 300 covid cases a day, out of a population of 15 million. Assume true cases is 10x that. Ontario govt says asymptomatic transmission is up to 3 days.
@icedquinn The mRNA covid vaccines are completely synthetic and don't pose an infection risk like traditional live vaccines do.
In fact, they seem to be safest in people with weak immune systems. It's the younger, healthy, population that seems to be getting dangerous side effects from them. Probably in part due to their immune systems over reacting in certain ways.
@icedquinn There's highly suggestive evidence that covid vaccines do in fact increase your risk of getting covid temporarily. And prior vaccines have had temporary immunosuppressive effects. So yes, that could absolutely be happening.
Yet even then, for someone who is immunosuppressed, the higher chance of catching covid for a few days may be worth it in exchange for longer term protection. It's not an obvious decision.
Probably best for those ppl is get vaxed and quarantine for a few days.
@icedquinn Problem is, that sensible advice would require health authorities to admit that there are in fact trade-offs to these vaccines...
Sounds like malpractice but what do I know.