Originally Posted by
Shaman
Today my family just learned that its newest member died yesterday. She was 1.5 weeks old. She was born at 1.5 lbs 5 months prematurely to an intubated mother with COVID-19. The stress on her mother's body caused her to go into premature labor and she likely is unaware that her child has passed. So while you doubt the veracity of data being provided by research scientist in favor of what you've chosen to believe, this disease is having real consequences for real people. They're not statistics they're real people that mean something to someone.
The folks who dedicate their time and efforts to finding methods to mitigate the effects of this disease shouldn't have to contend with "guy who has "researched" @#$% on the internet" as SMEs. But here we are, thanks internet.
My condolences.
That doesn’t negate real data. We know who is at the highest risk of dying from COVID. We have data by age, race, pregnancy status, and specific comorbidities. The numbers do not lie. People die every day of this disease, just like many others. Forcing the vast majority of people who are at risk levels measured in the tenths of a percentage isn’t going to make it more safe for those who freely chose to vaccinate. The vaccination protects you, not the vaccination status of others. I’m not sure why people don’t understand any of that.