Posted on 04/28/2022 10:47:52 AM PDT by nickcarraway
People who don’t get vaccinated against COVID-19 are putting themselves in danger and also are creating a “disproportionate” threat to the health of vaccinated people, even in places with high vaccination rates, says a study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.
The study by University of Toronto researchers used computer modeling based on the province of Ontario to predict infection rates when unvaccinated and vaccinated people mixed to varying degrees. The researchers worked in factors such as vaccine effectiveness, baseline immunity among the unvaccinated, and infection recovery rates.
Unvaccinated people were always at a higher risk of infection, the study said. Vaccinated people had lower infection rates when they mixed with other vaccinated people and lower rates when they mixed with unvaccinated people. The study found unvaccinated people enjoyed a lower infection rate when they mixed with vaccinated people because the vaccinated people served as a “buffer,” the study said.
“We found that the choices made by people who forgo vaccination contribute disproportionately to risk among those who do get vaccinated,” the researchers wrote.
“Although risk associated with avoiding vaccination during a virulent pandemic accrues chiefly to people who are unvaccinated, their choices affect risk of viral infection among those who are vaccinated in a manner that is disproportionate to the portion of unvaccinated people in the population.”
The research shows that not getting vaccinated is not just a personal decision, one of the study’s authors said in an interview.
“At the end of the day, this is about collective action. Unfortunately, in a communicable disease system – we’re all connected and that’s why we have to rely on public health for things like this,” David Fisman, a professor of epidemiology at the University of Toronto’s Dalla Lana School of Public Health, told Global News.
“The decision to get vaccinated can’t be framed as just a matter of personal choice because it has implications for the safety of other people in the community.”
Fisman told Forbes the findings support the idea of mandates, vaccine passports and other legal measures to limit unvaccinated people’s access to public spaces. Restrictions have been imposed to limit the spread of other infectious diseases and even prevent people from smoking tobacco in indoor public places, the study noted.
Government leaders should consider the study when setting policy in the future, the study said.
“It is unlikely that SARS-CoV-2 will be eliminated, and our findings will likely be relevant to future seasonal SARS-CoV-2 epidemics or in the face of emerging variants,” the study said.
“We found that the choices made by people who forgo vaccination contribute disproportionately to risk among those who do get vaccinated,” the researchers wrote.”
SWEET!
so if I don’t get boosted I am putting mostly liberals at more risk?
LMAO
well! dang! that’s another reason NOT to get boosted!
So we should be jabbed to protect the people who have been jabbed but are not protected by the jab from the people who have not taken the jab.
Right.
No.
Good.
Science is a process, not a religion.
To the authors of the study: GFY.
total BS....the mincing of words and coming to stupid conclusions, even a 9th grade bio student could decipher their methodology.
WebBSMD more like it.
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This is a blatant lie that is intended to serve as a pretext for fascist dictates.
Bottom line with regard to these "vaccines":
Just as with wearing a mask (although these potentially lethal vaccines* are significantly more dangerous), whether or not a person is vaccinated* has no effect on whether or not a person catches the Fauci Flu, transmits the Fauci Flu, or becomes ill with the Fauci Flu. There is no correlation.
*A medical term redefined in 2021 as a synonym for "therapeutic"
Excellent response! But my head is spinning, LOL!
Proving once again the fake vaccines don’t work 🤪
This article needs to be submitted to the newly created DHS Ministry of Truth for fact checking.
Sounds like ramblings of drug addicted stupid people. The Fake Vaccine doesn’t work and they are admitting it by saying the un-jabbed pose a risk to the jabbed? Lock these fools up in a sanitarium before they hurt somebody
One step further, I’m still non-GMO and as such I guess I put liberals even at more risk. Well dang!!! I’m walking death to liberals. Time to get out and mingle.
Just curious what level of disinfectant I would need to get their cooties off of me. LMAO.
You need to get vaccinated so I won’t catch what I was vaccinated against from you.
“modeling based” = garbage in, garbage out ...
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While we're at it, per Wikipedia...
Fisman was criticized by the Ontario government for acting as paid consultant for the Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario (ETFO), during which he provided evidence that did not support the governments reopening efforts.[13][14][15] This occurred while he was serving on the Science Advisory Table, whose director stated that his work with the ETFO "didn't violate any policies".[13] A Toronto City Councilor, viewed his efforts as pushing for government accountability.[13] Conversely, Dr. Euzebiusz Jamrozik from the bioethics research centre at the University of Oxford noted that this relationship should have been disclosed as a potential conflict of interest.[14] Fisman noted his relationship as an advisor to the ETFO on a January 26, 2021 disclosure form to the Science Advisory Table, but indicated that this was not related to COVID-19.[16]
Fisman also disclosed receiving honorarium for advisory roles from Pfizer, AstraZeneca and the Ontario Nurses' Association, related to COVID-19.[16]
I just did a study showing unvaccinated people’s poop is brown.
I advocated vaccines for those at risk. Even my own mother but the J&J. She still got COVID but it was basically a flu and she recovered at home.
I never took it. Had one family member get the shingles within days of the Pfizer shot and another get myocarditis with Pfizer.
Hard pass.
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