Originally Posted by AsianXpat0:
Never thought I would agree with a “Communist Party” on anything. Sad days indeed when it takes the fringes to air reasonable points because the orthodox are too busy preaching received wisdom and calling doing that “science”. [OT long read that might be of interest, with bonus mentions of Occam’s Razor] -
https://www.giffordlectures.org/book...kepler-galileo
Since omicron and the apparent failure of “herd immunity”, I don’t feel I hear so much the previously oft repeated “pandemic of the unvaccinated”, which I did believe plausible if unfortunate, since that actually meant people vaccinating didn’t manage to protect others, just reduced the pool of people vulnerable to hospitalisation. So a 100m population with 70-80% vaccination rate would still have 20-30m unshielded from the full effects of Covid - i.e. no wider protective cloak because supposedly the 20-30m could pass it amongst themselves.
Since omicron, anybody with eyes can see that it is the vaccinated majority vigorously spreading the virus, with vaccinations providing cover for abandoning social distancing, and the obvious Christmas and New Year spikes.
Now, you are correctly pointing out that hospitalisations are primarily of the unvaccinated, but if usage of the hospital system is the true concern, then surely limiting the movement of the elderly must be more pertinent than targeting the unvaccinated, unless we are denying that they are the ones needing it most, since it is not most of the unvaccinated being hospitalised, just most of the hospitalised being unvaccinated. That is of course, unless some other agenda is being pursued. So if we wanted to limit utilisation, what is needed is curbs on the vulnerable age groups.
In terms of fairness, it should be made clear to the unvaccinated that they would be de-prioritised in the hospital system. That is a fair and proportionate move in response to their own choices. What is not, is some spurious measures to restrict their freedom because “only they spread the virus”, or “they are responsible for a disproportionate number of hospital admissions”, when a careful look likely reveals you still have a lot more vaccinated elderly entering hospitals than the unvaccinated younger groups.