The COVID-19 pandemic

[Bjays93]

Which is interesting, because if the vaccine works like they claim, one shouldn’t have to worry about getting sick (or at least, ‘really sick’).

Factually incorrect. The vaccine is advertised by its manufacturers and the medical community as reducing transmission and dramatically reducing the worst outcomes (severe illness and death). Nobody is advertising it as a 100% barrier against disease.

So in fact what is true is that if the vaccine worked the way you claim they claim it does, which it does not and they do not, then it would be true that one doesn’t have to worry about getting sick. But here in the real world, immunity is not really an individual property but rather a property of the entire population. I recommend the real world. Sometimes it’s not as nice as fantasy land, but it has the advantage of actually existing.

Second part of that, how does one know if one has been vaccinated? Like, are people going to start asking? Just saying that that is a personal question. Sort of like how you wouldn’t go up to someone asking when the last time they had sex with their spouse or SO.

It’s not the slightest bit weird to confirm that people with whom one is considering interaction have taken appropriate safety measures. What is weird is getting offended by the question. The difference here is that there is a significant contingent of people who hold incorrect beliefs regarding the efficacy of the safety measure in question and who make bad decisions based on that; and on top of that the hazard is contagious, making everybody’s compliance a matter of personal interest to everybody else.

Finally, is it too much to ask that members of this forum not channel that idiot of idiots, Tucker Carlson?

I despise tucker Carlson, I dont agree with what jeffster said, but there's a big difference between saying we should call the police for child abuse if we see kids wearing masks, and suggesting that if your vaccinated you shouldn't be worried about being around unvaccinated people. 

Simply having massive groupthink and one train of thought isnt productive its harmful to society. Just as is people's current inability to engage with those who hold different viewpoints.