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2 hours ago, VMFA187 said:

Can't wait to see what long term side effects will be revealed in the coming years... 

That’ll be fun rolling around the back of your (and many other’s) head for the foreseeable future. 

I truly hope it turns out to be a non-event. 

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3 hours ago, tac airlifter said:

That link says households with vaccinated people spread C19 at 25%, and unvaccinated households at 38%.  That’s only a 13% difference.  Add to that observation there was no discussion of how severe symptoms were (if any at all), and it’s quite clear this is not a “pandemic of the unvaccinated.”  Frankly it’s not a pandemic at all, COVID is over as a threat.  Now we’re talking about mandatory boosters?  This is insane.  

To be clear, a 38% vs 25% is more like 50% more likely to be infected.

Just like if it was 10% vs 1% it wouldn’t be 9% - it’d be 1000%.

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That link says households with vaccinated people spread C19 at 25%, and unvaccinated households at 38%.  That’s only a 13% difference.  Add to that observation there was no discussion of how severe symptoms were (if any at all), and it’s quite clear this is not a “pandemic of the unvaccinated.”  Frankly it’s not a pandemic at all, COVID is over as a threat.  Now we’re talking about mandatory boosters?  This is insane.  

25 vs 38 is a difference of more than 50%


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3 hours ago, CaptainMorgan said:


25 vs 38 is a difference of more than 50%


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Correct, butt the actual delta matters. For example, a lot of medical studies talk about risk of rare diseases tripling, but it's from .06% to .19%

 

Going from 38% to 25% is not going to have an effect on the outcome of a highly infectious disease.

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2 hours ago, Lord Ratner said:

Going from 38% to 25% is not going to have an effect on the outcome of a highly infectious disease.

You might want to gain a cursory understanding of exponential/logistic growth dynamics before you accidentally say something as absurd as this again.

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5 hours ago, Mark1 said:

You might want to gain a cursory understanding of exponential/logistic growth dynamics before you accidentally say something as absurd as this again.

I don't have to, we have a pandemic that tested the theory for us. We also have countries and states with vastly different vaccination rates and preventing policies and guess what, the spread doesn't correlate. Univariate analysis works in a petri dish, not a society.

Two weeks to stop the spread. Masks. Six feet spacing. Pre-travel testing. Vaccines. And according to the figurehead of the American effort, the plan until only recently was to "beat" COVID. Not slow it down, beat it. Do I need to Google the many times he claimed we needed to get to effectively zero cases before we can be humans again?

 

I'll take my cursory understanding of human nature over your cursory understanding of growth dynamics any day. And what was even better, the self righteous pricks (like some in this very thread) who screamed the loudest about the callous disregard for human life and the raw selfishness of those who just wanted to accept COVID, maintain individual freedom, and move on with life, those "leaders" were caught in hair salons, destination weddings, expensive restaurants, public parks, Thanksgiving dinners, and ask manner of other normal human activities at the exact time they were being us for wanting the same.

 

Math is great, but when 2+2=5 maybe you should take another look at the assumptions. 

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15 hours ago, Negatory said:

To be clear, a 38% vs 25% is more like 50% more likely to be infected.

Just like if it was 10% vs 1% it wouldn’t be 9% - it’d be 1000%.

8 hours ago, Lord Ratner said:

Correct, butt the actual delta matters. For example, a lot of medical studies talk about risk of rare diseases tripling, but it's from .06% to .19%

Going from 38% to 25% is not going to have an effect on the outcome of a highly infectious disease.

5 hours ago, Mark1 said:

You might want to gain a cursory understanding of exponential/logistic growth dynamics before you accidentally say something as absurd as this again.

Comparing percentages is fraught, but from the study - the actual study, not the article written about it - they indicate that the 25% number had a confidence interval of 18-33 (15% spread) while the 38% number had a confidence interval of 24-53 (29% spread) - double the uncertainty, with substantial overlap. Hence, there is decent uncertainty regarding what the actual probability of spread is given someone's vaccination status. In any case, it makes more sense to look at the numbers themselves, rather than attempting to ratio apples to oranges.

To me, this study doesn't indicate very much because there is no indication as to what the relative likelihoods are between people being asymptomatic with the vaccine vs. without it. What's one of the best ways to avoid getting sick? Avoiding someone who you know is sick. If the vaccine makes it much more likely that asymptomatic spread takes place, then the 25% number could be much worse than the 38%. It's like being spiked vs not being spiked. It's helpful to know you're being shot at.

Also, see the replication crisis, an ongoing issue within the broader scientific/research realm: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Replication_crisis. Biologists are at the higher end of those scientists who are unable to reproduce each others' research.

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23 hours ago, FLEA said:

I don't think thats quite on point. It's standard in research to recommend future research based off analysis of your study plus literature gaps. Author is literally stating "long term outcomes" warrants future nomination for research. Those nominations are important because they can be used to solicit funding etc.... 

"Six studies conducted on myocarditis recommend further analysis on the long term outcomes of myocarditis patients who recovered from COVID-19."

 

My point is clearly, why is the government making something mandatory when it’s long term effects are clearly unknown.....all while stating that “there is no evidence that shows there is long term damage”

 

 

 

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7 hours ago, brickhistory said:

Look at me on my high horse!

And herein lies a major problem in our society today. We live in a complex environment in which none of us can be experts (or even conversant) in all fields. We ALL rely upon other people who have expertise in subjects we do not. Yet when presented with evidence of the limits of our own intellect, a good chunk of us will go offensive and bemoan the “elites” for telling us what we should or shouldn’t do and insist we possess all the knowledge anyone could ever need. We are turning into a nation of 13 year-olds. 

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9 hours ago, Mark1 said:

You might want to gain a cursory understanding of exponential/logistic growth dynamics before you accidentally say something as absurd as this again.

Careful trying to use math as your high horse, because there is actually validity in what Ratner is saying from a mathematical perspective. Marginal changes in R0 for an extremely infectious disease do not significantly affect the ultimate end state. This is because a population is limited, so exponential growth is ultimately only possible at the beginning. And logistic limiting effects are basically unimportant until a huge amount of society has been infected. This is due to the fact that, even with masking and vaccines for the entire population, the vaccine would spread with an R0 well greater than 1. That’s what actually matters. None of this feel good, I have less likelihood to give COVID to my kids when they are at home, bs. The truth is, they’ll just get it in the future.

In reality, with an R0 estimated around 5, with vaccines that are 50% effective (many studies dispute this and estimate it closer to 10-30%), you’d still need masks and social distancing to be close to 60-70% effective. Good thing the CDC, in internal modeling, estimates masking effectiveness around 20-30%. For a good summary, just read the delta predictions on the last source below. Bottom line is that it is nigh impossible to stop this with the vaccines we have.

Sources:

R0 of Delta: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34369565/

Vaccines are not that effective after a short period of time: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02689-y

Masking efficacy is estimated at 20-30%: (page 20)7335c3ab-06ee-4121-aaff-a11904e68462.#pa


In reality, all that these mandates do (for a shot that is not as effective as we wish it was) are draw out the inevitable - most of the population will get infected at some point. If hospitals are fine - and they ARE right now, from a national perspective - what’s the benefit to society of the blue curve vs the red one? Yeah, people are going to die. But there actually isn’t much you can do about it, and most of it really is their own choice as to whether they want to be vaccinated or not.

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We should do what we can to “flatten the curve” to a level that is sustainable from a healthcare perspective. The vaccine has been extremely effective in reducing hospitalizations and death for society to a sustainable level. Curve: flattened. If we’re sustainable now, then we have won. Mandates aren’t going to help society any more, and instead will only serve as a tool to continue politicization of the masses. The only thing that would actually work is having people stay home and actually limit contact - a la China - but we’ve seen the disastrous effects of that policy on both the economy and society. Juice isn’t worth the squeeze.

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3 hours ago, Lord Ratner said:

I don't have to, we have a pandemic that tested the theory for us. We also have countries and states with vastly different vaccination rates and preventing policies and guess what, the spread doesn't correlate. Univariate analysis works in a petri dish, not a society.

Two weeks to stop the spread. Masks. Six feet spacing. Pre-travel testing. Vaccines. And according to the figurehead of the American effort, the plan until only recently was to "beat" COVID. Not slow it down, beat it. Do I need to Google the many times he claimed we needed to get to effectively zero cases before we can be humans again?

 

I'll take my cursory understanding of human nature over your cursory understanding of growth dynamics any day. And what was even better, the self righteous pricks (like some in this very thread) who screamed the loudest about the callous disregard for human life and the raw selfishness of those who just wanted to accept COVID, maintain individual freedom, and move on with life, those "leaders" were caught in hair salons, destination weddings, expensive restaurants, public parks, Thanksgiving dinners, and ask manner of other normal human activities at the exact time they were being us for wanting the same.

 

Math is great, but when 2+2=5 maybe you should take another look at the assumptions. 

That's great my man.  Seems like you attibuted the entire universe to my very simple statement.  I said nothing about COVID.  I made zero assumptions as they were all made inside the declarative statement of yours that I responded to.  I offered no agreement or disagrement to the assumptions and said only that the statement as made, is objectively false.  A very small change (on a percentage basis) in the exponent of a population growth model, has massive implications on the ultimate rate of spread...the end.

27 minutes ago, Negatory said:

Careful trying to use math as your high horse, because there is actually validity in what Ratner is saying from a mathematical perspective. Marginal changes in R0 for an extremely infectious disease do not significantly affect the ultimate end state. This is because a population is limited, so exponential growth is ultimately only possible at the beginning. And logistic limiting effects are basically unimportant until a huge amount of society has been infected. This is due to the fact that, even with masking and vaccines for the entire population, the vaccine would spread with an R0 well greater than 1. That’s what actually matters. None of this feel good, I have less likelihood to give COVID to my kids when they are at home, bs. The truth is, they’ll just get it in the future.

In reality, with an R0 estimated around 5, with vaccines that are 50% effective (many studies dispute this and estimate it closer to 10-30%), you’d still need masks and social distancing to be close to 60-70% effective. Good thing the CDC, in internal modeling, estimates masking effectiveness around 20-30%. For a good summary, just read the delta predictions on the last source below. Bottom line is that it is nigh impossible to stop this with the vaccines we have.

Sources:

R0 of Delta: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34369565/

Vaccines are not that effective after a short period of time: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02689-y

Masking efficacy is estimated at 20-30%: (page 20)7335c3ab-06ee-4121-aaff-a11904e68462.#pa


In reality, all that these mandates do (for a shot that is not as effective as we wish it was) are draw out the inevitable - most of the population will get infected at some point. If hospitals are fine - and they ARE right now, from a national perspective - what’s the benefit to society of the blue curve vs the red one? Yeah, people are going to die. But there actually isn’t much you can do about it, and most of it really is their own choice as to whether they want to be vaccinated or not.

We should do what we can to “flatten the curve” to a level that is sustainable from a healthcare perspective. The vaccine has been extremely effective in reducing hospitalizations and death for society to a sustainable level. Curve: flattened. If we’re sustainable now, then we have won. Mandates aren’t going to help society any more, and instead will only serve as a tool to continue politicization of the masses. The only thing that would actually work is having people stay home and actually limit contact - a la China - but we’ve seen the disastrous effects of that policy on both the economy and society. Juice isn’t worth the squeeze.

A sensible post.  Congratulations.  That's a rare breed in this thread.  I agree on all (and it's not in conflict with my previous post).

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19 minutes ago, Mark1 said:

That's great my man.  Seems like you attibuted the entire universe to my very simple statement.  I said nothing about COVID.  I made zero assumptions as they were all made inside the declarative statement of yours that I responded to.  I offered no agreement or disagrement to the assumptions and said only that the statement as made, is objectively false.  A very small change (on a percentage basis) in the exponent of a population growth model, has massive implications on the ultimate rate of spread...the end.

A sensible post.  Congratulations.  That's a rare breed in this thread.  I agree on all (and it's not in conflict with my previous post).

My mistake, I thought we were in a thread talking about COVID mandates. If I knew we were going to quibble over context-free interpretations of my post, I would have made it simpler to follow for you.

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On 12/11/2021 at 3:07 PM, pawnman said:

Opted for the shot after all... welcome to the team. 

I hope you one day have to face a choice between ensuring your family is taken care of or jeopardizing them for something you feel is right.

 

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1 hour ago, VMFA187 said:

I hope you one day have to face a choice between ensuring your family is taken care of or jeopardizing them for something you feel is right.

 

I find those who have difficulty understanding the convictions of others rarely have particularly meaningful convictions of their own. So he probably won't. 

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1 hour ago, VMFA187 said:

I hope you one day have to face a choice between ensuring your family is taken care of or jeopardizing them for something you feel is right.

 

What I hear is that you traded your convictions for a paycheck. 

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7 minutes ago, pawnman said:

What I hear is that you traded your convictions for a paycheck. 

A paycheck that keeps his family fed.  Tough situation for anyone to be in.

Do you think our military is stronger or weaker now that we’ve forced our members to do this?

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1 hour ago, pawnman said:

What I hear is that you traded your convictions for a paycheck. 

Hear and read what you want. Don't think this decision doesn't weigh heavily on my mind. I'm not the only one in this position. 

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2 hours ago, pawnman said:

What I hear is that you traded your convictions for a paycheck. 

There it is, the overstep. Definitely a troll. You had me for a while, well done 😂🤣

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2 hours ago, tac airlifter said:

A paycheck that keeps his family fed.  Tough situation for anyone to be in.

Do you think our military is stronger or weaker now that we’ve forced our members to do this?

Measurably stronger. The vaccines have remained incredibly durable across variants for reducing your chances of hospitalization and death. Even if you are in the young/healthy demographic, the vaccine reduces those risks further.  
 

We are now getting close to a year removed from widespread vaccine implementation and a year and a half from the initial testing. If a statistically significant, concerning long term side effect was going to happen, it would have manifested by now.  The idea of a some completely unseen side effect popping up 10 years from now after not manifesting anywhere after billions of doses, is a silly, unscientific boogeyman.
 

I'm sure it's unpleasant to go against your "convictions" about the vaccine. But frankly, if you signed on the dotted line to serve in the military, I don't give a rats ass about your vaccine convictions.  It's a lawful order and you follow it, or get out.  I have lots of convictions about weed, and facial hair, and wars i don't agree with but I know what I signed up for and I don't have a conniption every time the military tells me to shut up and color. 
 

**Huge caveat: Civilian side mandates are a completely different debate, and generally speaking, I think they're wrong. 

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9 hours ago, Mark1 said:

A very small change (on a percentage basis) in the exponent of a population growth model, has massive implications on the ultimate rate of spread...the end.

*can* have massive implications on the ultimate rate of spread. Not will. *can*. It depends on the model and the other parameters. There is usually a point of no return where the model will trip into one phase from another. Incremental changes within one phase or the other won't change the outcome. The same incremental change that bridges the divide between said phases will result in drastically different outcomes.

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50 minutes ago, Lord Ratner said:

There it is, the overstep. Definitely a troll. You had me for a while, well done 😂🤣

He's a twice passed over nav that has no identity to latch onto but his military service.  He can't just punch at the first chance like most of us to go to a more lucrative job where we can make decisions on our own.  Of course he's going to die on the vaccination hill because if he wasn't vaccinated, he wouldn't have a paycheck.  You can keep feeding the troll or just pat the nav on the head and smile and nod.

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3 minutes ago, BADFNZ said:

He's a twice passed over nav that has no identity to latch onto but his military service.  He can't just punch at the first chance like most of us to go to a more lucrative job where we can make decisions on our own.  Of course he's going to die on the vaccination hill because if he wasn't vaccinated, he wouldn't have a paycheck.  You can keep feeding the troll or just pat the nav on the head and smile and nod.

Once passed over and picked up APZ, but thanks. 

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8 minutes ago, Pooter said:

If a statistically significant, concerning long term side effect was going to happen, it would have manifested by now.  The idea of a some completely unseen side effect popping up 10 years from now after not manifesting anywhere after billions of doses, is a silly, unscientific boogeyman.

This is categorically false.

I agree with the theme of your post, but are you serious with this? Dude, there is no set time limit regarding when a latent effect may or may not show up and under what circumstances or conditions or sub populations. That's not to say it's not a poor excuse to avoid the vaccine (in the military), but it is a valid concern nonetheless.

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