Dr. Marty Makary, of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, was bold in his projection that we will have immunity to the herd in April. This has been discussed by those who are not very close to their level of expertise when it comes to public health, but I have the setback as it destroys the Democratic Party’s COVID blocking regime. In an option for The Wall Street Journal, Makary says we are underestimating natural immunity and, with the pace of vaccinations, we will reach this critical benchmark to return to normalcy for fiscal season.
“Approximately 1 in 600 Americans has died from Covid-19, which translates into a population mortality rate of around 0.15%. The mortality rate from Covid-19 infection is approximately 0.23%, ”Dr. Makary wrote. With these figures, he estimates that two-thirds of the country has already had the infection. We are rapidly approaching 100 million vaccines. It’s not an insane projection, but he says other health experts fear boosting fear of affecting the vaccination rate. That’s not his job, he argued. Good health news needs to be spread, not buried. There was a setback, and there will be more when he recently wrote about vaccine protocols.
The good doctor cited an Israeli study that shows those who received the Pfizer vaccine are virtually “bulletproof” four weeks after the first dose. This is the keyword right there. So we can get back to normal if the CDC weren’t so busy selling exaggerated threats about the virus and being affected by fear, which Makary pointed out with his latest guidelines. Is it “following science” or “being afraid, being very afraid”?
Get the photo, wait a month and start rebuilding our lives. That’s fair. It seems like this is based on science, which the CDC could ignore. You will be the judge (via WSJ):
Parts of the new guidelines are absurdly restrictive. For example, the CDC did not withdraw its advice to avoid air travel after vaccination. A year of pre-vaccination experience has shown that aircraft are not a source of spread. A study conducted for the defense department found that commercial aircraft have HEPA filtration and airflow that exceed the standards of a hospital operating room.
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An unprecedented study conducted by the Israeli Ministry of Health and Pfizer showed that vaccination reduced transmission by between 89% and 94% and almost completely prevented hospitalization and death, according to press reports. Immunity starts completely about four weeks after the first dose of vaccine, and then it is essentially bulletproof. With the added security of wearing a mask indoors for a few more weeks or months, a practical necessity in public places, even if you’re not a doctor, as you can’t tell if someone is immune, there are few people vaccinated discouraged from doing.
On a positive note, the CDC said fully vaccinated asymptomatic people do not need to be tested. But this obvious recommendation should have come two months ago, before so much testing wasted on people with high levels of circulating antibodies to vaccination.
In its guidance, the CDC says the risks of infection in vaccinated people “cannot be completely eliminated.” It is true that we do not have conclusive data to ensure that vaccination reduces risk to zero. We will never do that. We operate in the field of medical discretion based on the best available data, as physicians in practice have always done. The CDC highlights the surprising success of vaccines, but is ridiculously cautious about their implications. Public health officials myopic focus on the risk of transmission, ignoring the biggest health crisis stemming from isolation. The CDC recognizes the “potential” risks of isolation, but does not go into detail.
It is time to release vaccinated people to restore their relationships and rebuild their lives. This would encourage vaccination by giving hesitant people a living incentive to receive vaccines.
Throughout the pandemic, authorities have set aside precautions. Hospitals prevented family members from being with their loved ones as they sucked in air, smothering themselves in a ventilation duct, which some patients describe as the worst feeling in the world. In addition to the power of having a hand, family members coordinate care and serve as a valuable safety net, an association that was much needed when many hospitals had staff shortages. Separation of family members was excessive and cruel, driven by narrow thinking that focused singularly on reducing the risk of viral transmission, without regard to harm to human quality of life.
He added the mental health issues they have exploited because of the blockade regime that teachers ’unions, Democrats and the liberal media ignore. The children commit suicide. Anxiety and depression have also increased among students. Loneliness and isolation will be the real symptom of this pandemic, which could be partially alleviated if our experts gave us advice that they weren’t so covered in shit.