With the highly infectious delta coronavirus variant spreading at an alarming rate, the World Health Organization in late June 2021 urged people to again wear masks indoors – even those who are fully vaccinated. And on July 15, Los Angeles County announced that it would again require masking up in public indoor spaces, regardless of vaccination status. This was followed by a recommendation – though not a mandate – from seven Bay Area counties for all to again don masks in public indoor settings.
The risk of infection leading to serious illness and death, however, differs starkly between vaccinated and unvaccinated people. And in another new report that is not yet peer-reviewed, researchers compared blood serum antibodies from people vaccinated with Pfizer PFE, +0.48%, Moderna MRNA, +4.52% and Johnson & Johnson JNJ, +0.94% vaccines and found that the J&J vaccine lent much lower protection against delta, beta and other variants, compared with the mRNA-based vaccines.
Who’s actually protected by masking recommendations? The WHO’s latest call for fully vaccinated people to continue wearing masks is primarily intended to protect the unvaccinated – which includes kids under age 12 who are not yet eligible for vaccines in the U.S. Unvaccinated people are at a substantially higher risk of getting infected with and transmitting SARS-CoV-2, and of developing complications from COVID-19.
kuku27 mask back in circulation ?
I already wear one.
You cannot force people to be responsible or sensitive to the bigger picture. At this point if your not vaccinated you aren’t going to get vaccinated. Guess what that’s on them. Sounds cold but we are all responsible for ourselves and the outcomes of our choices
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Correct your statement regarding NIO. It should be Nikola
Data from Israel (and other) indicate that a previous coronavirus infection offers the best protection against future infections and disease. Vaccination cannot achieve sterile immunity. Thus, the idea of vaccination certificates is obsolete. READ:
What is the point of getting the vaccine just to have to follow all the requirements from pre vaccine times again?! After getting my vaccine I will never wear a mask ever again.