08-02-2022, 03:21 AM
You asked. I gave a full answer. Wasted a good part of an evening, apparently. Oh well.
Most of what you bring up has already been beaten to death in this forum. The new issue was, given the reduced press about COVID, whether people like me still cared about it. I do. But your literal question was whether my thoughts were the same, and I said no. I said no because, even though I have not changed them much, it's been a year and there's been new developments, new variant waves, new treatments, and also time to reflect.
You may call that "saying nothing in particular" but that is the honest answer to your question.
Beside a slight curiosity about what my "agenda" is, I have no interest in wasting any more time reiterating stuff or dissecting the insults we have thrown at each other. If that is one of your victory conditions, go ahead and declare it.
However, since removal of herd immunity definition from the CDC website has not been previously covered here (I think), and it was a direct question, I will respond to that. I am not surprised it was removed. As I have said previously, the idea that there is some identifiable percentage of population that would halt spread is, to me, not realistic. Basically there are too many variables that depend on culture and psychology and other nebulous factors (I am re-iterating). Basically you don't really know until it happens -- so get those vaccinations! Also there was the whole issue of whether "natural immunity" counts or not -- and my opinion on that has already been given here in some detail. (I am not re-iterating.)
-V
Most of what you bring up has already been beaten to death in this forum. The new issue was, given the reduced press about COVID, whether people like me still cared about it. I do. But your literal question was whether my thoughts were the same, and I said no. I said no because, even though I have not changed them much, it's been a year and there's been new developments, new variant waves, new treatments, and also time to reflect.
You may call that "saying nothing in particular" but that is the honest answer to your question.
Beside a slight curiosity about what my "agenda" is, I have no interest in wasting any more time reiterating stuff or dissecting the insults we have thrown at each other. If that is one of your victory conditions, go ahead and declare it.
However, since removal of herd immunity definition from the CDC website has not been previously covered here (I think), and it was a direct question, I will respond to that. I am not surprised it was removed. As I have said previously, the idea that there is some identifiable percentage of population that would halt spread is, to me, not realistic. Basically there are too many variables that depend on culture and psychology and other nebulous factors (I am re-iterating). Basically you don't really know until it happens -- so get those vaccinations! Also there was the whole issue of whether "natural immunity" counts or not -- and my opinion on that has already been given here in some detail. (I am not re-iterating.)
-V