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Unvaccinated People Create Higher Risk for Vaccinated, Study Says
WebMD ^ | April 27, 2022

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.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bs; coronafascism; covid19; fakenews; fakestudy; trumpvaccineaok; unvaccinated; vaccine; vaccines
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To: nickcarraway
The study by University of Toronto researchers used computer modeling...

Computer modeling study...

61 posted on 04/28/2022 11:21:48 AM PDT by AndyTheBear
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To: nickcarraway

Horseshit.


62 posted on 04/28/2022 11:22:25 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: nickcarraway

Ha ha ha. Translation - Get the vaccine because we have ordered you to, you ignorant hicks.


63 posted on 04/28/2022 11:22:51 AM PDT by Agatsu77
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To: Disambiguator

It makes sense if you replace the word “study” with “government money.”


64 posted on 04/28/2022 11:24:48 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: nickcarraway; ransomnote; metmom

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.


65 posted on 04/28/2022 11:24:52 AM PDT by Jane Long (What we were told was a “conspiracy theory” in 2020 is now fact. 🙏🏻 Ps 33:12)
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To: nickcarraway

Let’s not forget we are talking about something that does not pose severe risk for more than 95% of the population.


66 posted on 04/28/2022 11:25:06 AM PDT by Wuli
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To: nickcarraway

Nah, no confirmation bias in this study. Who the hell believes anything coming out of Canada these days. They are effectively a dictatorship.


67 posted on 04/28/2022 11:25:55 AM PDT by Antoninus (Republicans are all honorable men.)
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To: Qiviut; metmom

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.


68 posted on 04/28/2022 11:26:38 AM PDT by Jane Long (What we were told was a “conspiracy theory” in 2020 is now fact. 🙏🏻 Ps 33:12)
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To: nickcarraway

Like the pot calling the kettle black, huh. 😋


69 posted on 04/28/2022 11:26:38 AM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: Jane Long
Who does own WebMD.

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.

70 posted on 04/28/2022 11:28:57 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Mire lies


71 posted on 04/28/2022 11:29:27 AM PDT by Fledermaus (I'll wear a mask when Dr. Fraudchi shuts the hell up.)
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To: nickcarraway

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.”


72 posted on 04/28/2022 11:34:22 AM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: nickcarraway

Bull Sh*t

Web MD is a woke organization that is useless to the vast majority of the population.


73 posted on 04/28/2022 11:36:57 AM PDT by dirtymac ( Now Is The Time For All Good Men To ComeTo The Aid Of Their Country! NOW)
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To: nickcarraway

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.


74 posted on 04/28/2022 11:40:01 AM PDT by unlearner (Si vis pacem, para bellum. Let him who desires peace prepare for war.)
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To: nickcarraway
Things like this is why medical/pharmaceutical has no credibility.
75 posted on 04/28/2022 11:43:08 AM PDT by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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To: MercyFlush
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.

lol...Are their actually people out there who buy this garbage?

76 posted on 04/28/2022 11:46:07 AM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: nickcarraway

77 posted on 04/28/2022 11:55:55 AM PDT by Trillian
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To: Incorrigible

And here’s a link to the crap study...

https://www.cmaj.ca/content/194/16/E573


78 posted on 04/28/2022 11:58:10 AM PDT by mewzilla (We need to repeal RCV wherever it's in use and go back to dumb voting machines.)
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To: DoodleBob
Speaking of Astra Zeneca, here's a little blast from the past, circa 2007...

AstraZeneca in Saddam bribes probe Anglo-Swedish pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca is being investigated over bribes allegedly paid to Saddam Hussein's deposed Iraqi regime, it confirmed on Saturday.

79 posted on 04/28/2022 12:01:34 PM PDT by mewzilla (We need to repeal RCV wherever it's in use and go back to dumb voting machines.)
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To: mewzilla

Weapons of Mass Pharmacology.


80 posted on 04/28/2022 12:05:00 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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