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.
They got it backwards, It’s the other way around.
This post paid for by Big Pharma. Betcha.
computer modeling again.🙄
Prove it.
What floats?...
BS!
That has NEVER been true and will never BE true.
It flies in the face of all credulity.
First off, it’s not a vaccine-—it’s a therapeutic. The vaccinated can get and spread the virus-—so please stop this nonsense. Secondly, why no mention of the “immune”? Natural immunity has FAR greater protection than the BS vaccine.
Lastly, if it were a vaccine then why would they be concerned. I’m not concerned about Polio or TB or whatever. Because those were actual vaccines!
I’m trying to follow the science of the protected needing protection from the unprotected by forcing the unprotected to use the protection that doesn’t protect the protected.
Seems like I read other studies that said the opposite, but silly me, it was probably “misinformation”. /s
Sorry, not believing you yesterday, today, or any time in the future.
Up yours.
UTTER BS!!!!
Wait, WUT?
How can a vaccinated person be in danger?
This doesn’t make sense. The stated reason for vaccination is to protect from infection.
Go figure. A government sponsored study concludes government must take more liberty from the people.
“Toronto researchers used computer modeling “
“Disproportionately”
I guess the science is settled. They ran it through a computer.
You could say I’ve lost belief in science.
As with climate change, this is all theory based on computer models which are probably designed to provide the desired outcome.
All based on a model with unsupported assumptions.
The only way the unvaxxed would present a threat to the vaxxed is if the vaxxes were not working.
But then again, logic and rational thought are not hallmarks of leftist thought.
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