Originally Posted by
hummingbear
I wouldn’t base history on what TV anchors were saying. The primary focus of the vaccines as stated by their developers was protecting the vaccinated individual. Initial data showed them to also be very effective at reducing transmission- which was encouraging, and became built into the strategy for a lot of people. The Delta variant is now showing itself to be more resilient against current vaccines. They still reduce spread, but not as effectively as against earlier variants; so the strategy is starting to look more like it did initially. (I.e., mask up & vaccinate as many as possible.) What people are interpreting as “flip-flopping” is actually just a response to the reality of a mutating virus. It’s not history being rewritten, but the present in real time.
There isn't much peer reviewed evidence showing Delta is more transmittable. The data out of the UK shows it may be somewhat more transmittable. It is certainly not more fatal.
The CDC has not presented peer reviewed, published evidence showing Delta is more transmittable.
Coronaviruses are common. There are trillions of virus mutations throughout history. The problem is the political response to the virus. The irrationality and hysteria.
Masks do nothing to reduce communal spread. This has been shown in peer reviewed literature, repeatedly. They are nothing more than politically based pseudo science.
The damage done because of the response to COVID has been much more severe than the disease itself, by orders of magnitude.
Coronavirus continues to be a threat to those unvaccinated and those with pre conditions and immune system dysfunction. Mostly, it effects elderly obese men. The rest of us....well, there are more important things to worry about.