I like the fixation on Dr. Gold. If you turn off the TV, there are actually tons of “normal” doctors that say there is no reason for healthy people to get vaccinated. I volunteer for several groups and events and my local airport. A lot of private pilots are doctors. I would say a majority of the ones I’ve talked to say there’s no reason for me to get the vaccine. I know that’s also a small sample size but it’s just an example. Or maybe their PhDs aren’t good enough since they don’t work for the WHO, CDC, or are seen on TV everyday.

 

 

I appreciate how respectful of differing opinions this conversation has been the past few pages! Right now, I care about my personal green and what is good for business considerably more than red/blue politics (and I don't need a lesson on why either is better for my personal situation).

I am so happy to see how full airpots are right now, but what I really want to see is my friends and neighbors who are Big4 consultants traveling like they used to. They are ready to travel, their firms are ready to send them, but a lot of clients (especially those outside the country) are still concerned.

Breakthrough, asymptomatic, I dont care...all I care about is countries feeling confident that when variant 'Delta Delta Delta' strikes, the population will mostly recover at home without overwhelming public health infrastructure, and I think vaccines build that confidence.

This chart is not perfect, but shows how this wave is very different than the last waves of covid (in the UK) and supports their reopening plan. What I like, is it attempts to control for the 'look back period' of when cases go up, but few people have succumbed...yet.

 

That’s a pretty good graph. Would be good if that was the story blasted across the headlines instead of the perpetual fear porn.

 

So your the Doctors in your sample group all have PhD’s? Fairly remarkable if so. Though not totally uncommon, MD/PHD is a pretty rigorous academic combo. Or maybe your talking to the wrong kind of doctor? I wouldn’t go to Jill Biden for medical advise.

 

I can only assume that hospitalizations follow a very similar distribution. Incremental / excess hospitalizations in the only metric that should count, as unfortunately people will always die, and people will always get sick. My brother is a surgical resident at a large hospital in a major costal city, and this past winter - there was many times that the hospital could not take anyone because the ER/ICU was completely full of CV. I would be pretty mad if myself or a loved one had to go to a further hospital (and waste time) after a heart attack / car accident.

I do think that over the next 6-8 weeks the pandemic will end in the US (similar to India now), because the population at large will get immunity one way or another. Then I can start thinking about my 911 spec again:-)

 

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Doctor......

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