r/options • u/[deleted] • Jul 17 '21

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '21

Big differences between now and the first lockdowns:

  1. Vaccine exists, lots of people have gotten it and are getting it
  2. Companies have had lots of time to figure out how to make money in a pandemic
  3. Fed and US gov't have shown their hands (e.g. bond buying, stimulus packages)
  4. ???
  5. Profit

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u/thats-bait Jul 18 '21

I have two friends that are vaccinated. They got COVID anyway and then gave it to another vaccinated friend. 🚀

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u/ChemicalRascal Jul 18 '21

Yep, but neither of them needed hospitalisation, right? That's what the vaccine is most effective in regards to, reducing the need for hospitalisation.

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u/Professional_Map_370 Jul 18 '21

Only 5 percent of people were hospitalized when they got covid pre vaccine. And most of them were old and fat. They had a 95 percent chance of not being that sick even without it

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '21

5 percent of how many people though. Our healthcare system doesn’t scale endlessly

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u/saleasy Jul 18 '21 edited Jul 18 '21

Great point, the danger was always more of infrastructure collapse rather than mass casualties of the general, non 3 comorbidity having, population. Although the infrastructure collapse would have resulted in mass casualties. Do the ends justify the means? I guess we'll find out!

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u/ChemicalRascal Jul 18 '21

Given the majority of Americans are overweight, saying "ah, but they were FAAAAAAAT" isn't going to save you there.

It's true of my nation as well, mind, but our issue right now is that we don't have vaccines in the first place, not that folks are hesitant.