During those clinical trials they were testing to see how effective it is at reducing symptoms, not stopping transmission. They are still studying whether it will stop the spread of the virus. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/study-asks-if-vaccinated-people-can-still-transmit-virus-fauci-says
You are confusing pacifists for liberals, two different things, like many Americans think liberals are socialists, liberalism is about freedom under the constitution and rule of law with democratically elected governments and independent courts. Liberalism is also a historic process that eventually includes equal rights under the law for everybody. Women were only given the franchise 103 years ago, until then they weren't even considered persons under the law and a man could have a troublesome wife admitted to an insane asylum.
So, now we're discussing what the state can and can't decide in terms of how to control your activities, and whether or not to follow laws which you disagree with on a weed growing forum. Classic!
I've grown up what many consider one of the most liberal cities in the country. I'm pretty sure I know what liberal is.
I never said the purpose of the trials was to determine if it stopped it cold, that is being determined in other trials and in the real world where the rubber meets the road. Then there are the variants which complicates things in terms of efficacy and post vaccination contagion.
They dropped it in the states because the warm weather is here and the vaccine effect is taking hold, but even in the states gatherings like the one shown in Canada are still illegal even out doors. We have a much lower vaccination rate than America and it will be August before I get my second jab of Pfizer for example. Since you are vaccine hesitant, you'd be crazy to be against mask mandates, they protect you the most.
Mask mandates have very little benefit outdoors. Here's a good 4-minute listen:
www.npr.org
Unless people are packed together outside, the people at those rallies were not socially distanced. A mask is not much of a burden and many of those against them have no problem wearing a hood.Mask mandates have very little benefit outdoors. Here's a good 4-minute listen:
Masks Remain Extremely Effective Indoors, But Are They Necessary Outside?
Unless people are packed together, "there really just is not much spread happening outdoors," Dr. Ashish Jha of Brown University's School of Public Health says.
Liberals are often for socialist policies and many are antiwar, as are all sensible people. I'm all for freedom and peace as long as there is a good reason not to be, like public health and the country being attacked
See your doctor for medical advice, they should be able to find somewhere to jab you, the pill might take a spell.
I wasn't talking about any rallies, or where people are packed together. You inserted that.
That is if you are not obeying the rules of the road and drive recklessly. These people are doing the equivalent of driving recklessly. I really do not like driving on the wrong side of the road and all in my congregation refuse to drive on the right side because we are originally from England.
The vaccine reduces the viral load in infected people. The number of virus cells that infect you have a big bearing on how sick you get, whether you end up in the hospital or just get the sniffles. Both test positive in lab results though.
I am past my bed time so this will have to do.
But with the new variants that are more contagious as they do not need as many particles to infect you masks may help people outdoors. I do not think they would be necessary if you remain at least 6' (although I think 10' should ensure your safety) in a well ventilated area.Mask mandates have very little benefit outdoors. Here's a good 4-minute listen:
Masks Remain Extremely Effective Indoors, But Are They Necessary Outside?
Unless people are packed together, "there really just is not much spread happening outdoors," Dr. Ashish Jha of Brown University's School of Public Health says.
Mennonites do not believe in fighting wars. They believe enough that they have left countries of their home to get out of serving. Does that mean Hitler should not have been stopped. War is never good but sometimes it is necessary. And the people that go to fight it do not want to. But for the greater good it is sometimes necessary. And that is the point of the masks, the social distancing, the vaccines. For the greater good they are necessary. And it is not fair for one segment of society to say they are taking a free ride while others pay the cost. That is what the Mennonites did in moving to Mexico, they did not believe it was worth living in a country where they had to make a sacrifice for it.
tldr
I know primus is outside. Been to the venue, seen Jethro Tull. Was a let down lol.. still jammed but it destroyed my illusion of Jethro Tull. Was more like listen to a flute genius complain for a couple hours instead of jamming. Started around 6:30 in the summer and was over before dark. Bummed forever dude lol.
Hundreds take part in rally at Forks to protest public health orders
Several hundred people took part in a rally at The Forks on Sunday afternoon to protest the continuing public health orders and restrictions in place in Manitoba.
Presented by Winnipeg Alternative Media and promoted by the Manitoba Together advocacy group, the rally featured controversial Ontario activist Chris “Sky” Saccoccia, who has rallied against health measures during the COVID-19 pandemic and is currently on a “Freedom Convoy” across Canada from Vancouver to Thunder Bay including stops in Saskatchewan on Saturday.
Other speakers were Minister Tobias Tissen from the Church of God near Steinbach and Manitoba Together’s Patrick Allard.
Many of rally attendants carried signs reading “Unmask our kids now,” “Stop giving your freedoms away” and “Hugs over masks.”
Last week, Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe requested that rallies slated for Maple Creek, Sask., and Regina this weekend featuring Saccoccia not take place.
An Easter weekend “recreational party” in the Maple Creek area went “way over” the current outdoor gathering limit and featured “minimal” adherence to public health rules, according to provincial Health Minister Paul Merriman. More than 100 people attended that party and the ensuing outbreak involves the B.1.1.7 coronavirus variant, which was first identified in the U.K.
As of Friday, 40 cases of COVID-19 were tied to the event.
Hundreds take part in rally at Forks to protest public health orders
Several hundred people took part in a rally at The Forks on Sunday afternoon to protest the continuing public health orders and restrictions in place in Manitoba.winnipegsun.com
At the moment 44% of covid cases in hospital are the B.1.1.7 variant. A 22 year old man ended up catching it from his dad as well as the rest of his family got it, except the sister who works as a nures and had the vaccine.
'It was horrible': Winnipeg man hospitalized twice by B.1.1.7. variant speaks out
Peter Soliman, a 22-year-old man from Winnipeg, said he was healthy, eating well and physically active before COVID-19 struck his family.
In March, his dad got a call that he had been identified as a close contact to a case. Soliman says the entire family was tested for COVID-19 – and though his dad tested positive, the rest of them were negative.
But, one by one, Soliman said the rest of his family started experiencing COVID-19 symptoms, and, one by one, they started testing positive for the virus. His mother was the first of them to be admitted to hospital. He and his father were later admitted to hospital but released. Within a few days, Soliman said his oxygen dropped to 70 per cent and he came down with pneumonia.
Soliman said the only member of his family who did not test positive for COVID-19 was his sister. He said she works as a nurse, and received her first dose of the Pfizer vaccine. She has tested negative for the virus multiple times now, he said.
'It was horrible': Winnipeg man hospitalized twice by B.1.1.7. variant speaks out
A Winnipeg man who was among the first in his age group to contract the B.1.1.7. variant in Manitoba is speaking out about the severity of the COVID-19 variants, after it landed him and his family in hospital.winnipeg.ctvnews.ca