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.
Computer modeling study...
Horseshit.
Ha ha ha. Translation - Get the vaccine because we have ordered you to, you ignorant hicks.
It makes sense if you replace the word “study” with “government money.”
LOL....these BigPharma (yes, WebMD is BigPharma owned) can’t keep from lying about their dangerous $hots....everything they say about them, the opposite is true.
Every adverse effect of these horrid things is being blamed on china virus, itself, or.....oOooooOooooh.....the un”vax”d.
They can’t be much more obvious.
Let’s not forget we are talking about something that does not pose severe risk for more than 95% of the population.
Nah, no confirmation bias in this study. Who the hell believes anything coming out of Canada these days. They are effectively a dictatorship.
I can’t believe the FR $$s haven’t scampered over to this thread, to say how correct BigPharma owned WebMD is, yet.
I may have missed them.
Like the pot calling the kettle black, huh. 😋
Although, I don't blame WebMD, in this instance. It was reporting on a study in a supposedly reputable journal. These journals are supposed to vet what's published in them.
Mire lies
My first thought seeing the headline was “no data”.
Then I read it and yes.
“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.”
Bull Sh*t
Web MD is a woke organization that is useless to the vast majority of the population.
If my being unvaccinated contributes to the deaths of people who wish to force people to take an experimental, untested medication, then I’m happy to do my part.
Of course, we also know what’s being claimed here is a lie.
When so-called science is used as a pretext for tyranny, it isn’t science.
If there are people who are afraid my vaccination status or lack of mask compliance might put them in danger, it is THEIR DUTY to self-quarantine until they overcome their irrational fears.
lol...Are their actually people out there who buy this garbage?
Weapons of Mass Pharmacology.
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