Incessantly telling people that getting inoculated is not an effective ticket back to freedom and normalcy is a mistake.
A significant number of people might well internalize that message and reach the somewhat understandable conclusion that if the vaccines 'aren't good enough,' why even bother? This is dangerous and counter-productive.
Fauci has admitted that he has previously avoided telling people the plain truth about how long it would take to reach herd immunity because he thought the public wasn't ready to hear it; thus it's not always totally clear whether the doctor's pronouncements reflect genuine uncertainty, public messaging considerations, or a mixture of both...The government should urge everyone to get vaccinated as soon as possible, because vaccinated people are overwhelmingly safe from the disease-and are also much less likely to spread it to others.
People who are vaccinated can start doing normal things with other vaccinated people: They can go to weddings, restaurants, and grandparent hug-a-thons.
We now know that the vaccines overwhelmingly protect immunized people - not only against COVID symptoms, serious cases and death, but also from infection.
People with whom they come into contact are also safe from them.
Stop prattling on about how common activities still may not be safe even for vaccinated people for an indefinite period of time, and how we may need still to be masking up a year from now.
Wednesday, February 24, 2021
Fauci's Messaging on Vaccines Is Counter-Productive and Demoralizing
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