boberic wrote:
Many have jumped to all kinds of wrong conclusions. regarding my original question regarding the vaccine. Facts--I got the Moderna vaccine. All the "Science" said it would protect me from contracting or passing the virus. But all of the "experts" have not changed the recommendations and still advise and wear masks, both indoor and outside.. So either the vaccine does not protect or it does. And if the Experts did not change the guidelines what good is the vaccine? The vaccine either protects or it doesn't. If it protects a high percentage (over 98%) of the public ( I used that number because 95% of positives do not get symptoms) the regs should be relaxed. And because they have not why det vaccinated in the first place?
Many have jumped to all kinds of wrong conclusions... (
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How many times do you have to hear the same answer before you stop asking your "dumb" (yes, DUMB) question?
You said, "Facts--I got the Moderna vaccine. All the "Science" said it would protect me from contracting or passing the virus. But all of the "experts" have not changed the recommendations and still advise and wear masks, both indoor and outside.. So either the vaccine does not protect or it does."
That is not correct. You use "contracting and passing" as being in the same category, but they are not.
The vaccine CANNOT stop you from "getting/catching/being exposed" to the virus. If it is around you it can get into you, and the vaccine does nothing/nada/zip to prevent that. It also does not stop you from spreading the virus. The ONLY thing the vaccine can do is boost your immune system to prevent the virus from replication in your body up to sufficient numbers to create symptoms and illness. Once the virus is in you there is nothing a vaccine can do to stop you from coughing it out again. And if it does replicate -- but not enough to give YOU illness -- you can be even more dangerous to others because you are now a carrier... until your immune system catches up and kills all of the virus in you.
So yes, you are PROTECTED AGAINST COVID disease in your body, but you are still a potential carrier and distributor of virus.
From Google...
"Can you spread Covid if you are vaccinated?
Kobayashi noted that experts still don't know if someone who is vaccinated can transmit the virus or not. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is "keeping a close eye" on COVID-19 cases in fully vaccinated people.Apr. 20, 2021
Can You Get COVID After Getting the Vaccine? – NBC Boston"
"Search for: Has anyone gotten Covid after being fully vaccinated?
Will the Covid-19 vaccine prevent me from infecting others?
NEW DELHI : COVID-19 vaccines protect against serious illness but transmissibility can still continue and inoculated people can pass on the infection to others, say scientists, warning against complacency in those who stop maintaining protocol after they get their jabs.Apr. 12, 2021
Vaccinated people better protected against Covid but can still transmit disease: Experts - Mint"
I suspect you are smart enough to do your own searches for information. Yet it amazes me that you do not understand plain and simple English... "getting" the virus is NOT THE SAME as "getting sick from the virus."