Is this an "admission"? Like, was there ever a point where lockdowns were treated as policies that didn't entail tradeoffs? No one in their right mind was saying that children being away from schools and their peers has no consequences.
The article is about Fauci. Did he downplay it? Difficult choices were in front of us in the first several months of the outbreak. There was a lot of uncertainty about how the virus spreads and hospitals were overflowing. Unless he was actually saying that children being out of school isn't much of a setback for them, I don't think it's fair to say he was downplaying the consequences for them. By Fall 2020, he (and most health experts) was arguing for kids to return to school.
Wouldn’t that guidance also apply to protecting against fallout from strangers who may have been contaminated?
I missed where the CDC actually said vaccinations have zero effect on transmission. Not sure how one draws that conclusion from “vaccination status is no longer used to inform source control.” Would be nice if a link was provided rather than a cropped image. The CDC says this as of the most recent guidance I could find: “Being up to date with vaccination provides a transient period of increased protection against infection and transmission after the most recent dose, although protection can wane over time.” https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/71/wr/mm7133e1.htm
It says people should change their clothes and wash off in the prior bullet. Would it not also be advisable to keep a distance from strangers if locked up in a room with them to reduce contamination risk? Maybe it’s a dumb question. I assumed the fallout could potentially spread via microscopic particles in the air — maybe not. Edit: More info here: https://www.cdc.gov/nceh/radiation/emergencies/nuclearfaq.htm If you are already in a shelter or basement: Cover your mouth and nose with a face mask or other material (such as a scarf or handkerchief) until the fallout cloud has passed. Seems like wearing a mask and social distancing from strangers would be advisable even ignoring all the COVID guidance.
In what way? The vaccines my not prevent transmission but they certainly show they they can reduce severity of illness. I’m the encent of a natural disaster it would make sense that you should also take measure to not get ill so as to not burden the medical system. Exactly what is said in that advisoryz
Umm when there is a hurricane and you seek shelter, you won't know 2 weeks in advance. Even if you were to (wrongly) think that being vaccinated prevents you from contracting Covid, it would take 2 weeks for the vaccine to take effect. If you didn't care about being vaccinated before a hurricane, once you know the hurricane is coming, that will be the last f-ing thing you think about, and even if you did, there wouldn't be enough time for it to make any difference at that stage.
