• Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world
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    I added the mask recommendation so that anyone reading this post knows what to do around people with vulnerable immune systems.

    The vaccination status of the caregiver (or any visitor) is irrelevant. The at risk remain at risk.

    The phrase “even if they live with someone at high risk of severe illness” is superfluous. Vaccination of others does not protect people at high risk of severe illness from Covid.

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      The vaccination status of the caregiver (or any visitor) is irrelevant.

      No, our opinions on it are irrelevant to them. Only they get to decide what’s relevant to them. And that’s why restricting the eligibility to the vaccine for political reasons is immoral.

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        12 hours ago

        This is a different argument. This is “anyone who wants the vaccine should be able to have it”. Agreed.

        My point is that assuming that caregivers should get covid vaccines is unscientific and encourages dangerous behavior around those at risk. (Because it implies if you are vaccinated against Covid then you present no risk)

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          My point is that assuming that caregivers should get covid vaccines is unscientific and encourages dangerous behavior around those at risk. (Because it implies if you are vaccinated against Covid then you present no risk)

          No, it does not imply that, at all. You are inferring it. Caregivers should get the vaccine, because everyone who does not have a medical reason not to should, because it is scientifically observed to reduce viral load and improve outcomes from an infection. That’s a completely independent statement from masking recommendations.

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            11 hours ago

            This is not an argument about getting vaccinated. You are not reading correctly.

            A caregivers covid vaccination status is irrelevant to the at risk. The covid vaccine does not stop transmission. It will not protect people at risk.

            Putting it bluntly. You being vaccinated will not stop you killing your immunocompromised grandmother with covid.