Coronavirus spreads. But don't panic! (topical thread)

[Dom]

I'm vaccinated. That reduces the chance I'll be infected in the first place. Can't infect someone else if you're not infected yourself.

I'm vaccinated. If I do get infected, that reduces the chance I'll infect someone else. I had Pfizer. One large study showed that Pfizer reduced the chance of transmission by 65%.

You're masked and staying 6 feet away from me. That reduces the chance of transmission.

You're vaccinated. That reduces the chance you'll be infected.

You're vaccinated. That reduces the chance that you'll be hospitalized if you do get infected.

Put it all together, and the chance that I'll put you in the hospital is tiny.

I see.  So you're playing amateur epidemiologist.  With Delta, even if you were vaccinated you could spread it to others as viral loads were high in the early stages of infection even in vaccinated people.  I don't know about Omicron.  So your logic doesn't hold water.  And a 1 in 3 chance of transmission isn't tiny by any means.

Omicron is even easier to transmit regardless of vaccination status. Vaccinated and boosted people just don't tend to die from it, just the elderly, infirm and those with underlying conditions die from it. Some 2000 people a day.