And it's not sensible for some to want to wait to see what the possible long term effects of a fast rolled out vaccine are for a virus that is 98/99 percent survivable?
Especially when this was stated this week?
"In a joint statement, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Dr. Janet Woodcock, acting commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration; U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy and other public health officials said recent evidence showed that, as with other vaccines, protection granted by the available COVID-19 vaccines wanes over time...."
So it ceases to be about "everyone needs to get "vaccinated". You'll be signing up for boosters, etc And expect everyone else to do so as well. We are all different, have different make ups, different immune systems, conditions, ages, etc. That's why it should always be an individual decision. Especially when this vaccine is so relatively new, unlike the past ones that have years of study behind them.
And it's not sensible for the millions of people with natural immunity who still have antibodies to not take a shot that most likely will add little benefit and potentially do more harm?
People can trust all these back and forth studies but I still trust immunologist Hooman Noorchashm who stated natural immunity is still the gold standard and more likely robust than the vaccines and more likely to handle the variants as well. And going by the above statemnt from the CDC and FDA we see this is most likely true. Especially the more we learn about B and T cells. No one is suggesting that anyone go out and get Covid, but that these individuals (including myself) need to be included in the discussion.
Noorchashm is vaccinated so it's not about that for him. He is simply a patient advocate and says the vaccine should not be a "one for all" approach. Especially for younger people who are known to have more side effects from the vaccine. He says antibodies should be tested before decisions are made, etc. Sounds very sensible to me.
But it's clearly not about being sensible anymore. And it's clearly not about "herd immunity" anymore.