I'm not debating the fact that hospitals are full or empty! I'm asking why people think they can't get covid from a vaccinated person? YOU CAN! Not letting a person into a restaurant without proof of a vaccination DOES NOT make anyone safe. A vaccinated person can still transmit the virus. Yes there are reports of people dying from the disease but there are as many reports of ICU's empty. Which one is BS? Two reasons for a vaccine. 1) You could die (I personally know 2 that had it and were not hospitalized and are now just fine) 2) You would be using resources in a hospital when others need elective and non elective surgery as mentioned in a previous post. Not being allowed in a restaurant or gym or anywhere else if you are not vaccinated doesn't make sense. Vaccinated or not you can be infected and transmit the virus to others. Got it NOW KLinNBC!
A non-vaccinated person would potentially more easily catch a serious bout of COVID and is also
more likely to transmit COVID to others ... especially to other non-vaccinated. If only vaccinated are on the premises,
all tend to be safer than if even a couple of "nons" are in the room.
Few (if any) reasonably well informed people will say "you can't get COVID from a vaccinated person" BTW.
I personally have yet to hear anyone I know say "people can't get COVID from a vaccinated person". Also, everyone I know is aware that they could still transmit it or catch it from someone, even though they have been double jabbed. They are reasonably sure they will at least have a milder reaction and less chance to cause harm to others, thanks to their vaccine.
Its all percentages and probabilities.
Similar to seatbelts, helmets, steel toe boots, handguards on machinery, trained people to deal with dangerous things etc.. These are not 100% solutions, but increase the odds in a group's, or one's, favour.
I know two people who contracted COVID 19 before the vaccines were available.
One, under 50, (in the U.S.) died,
My next door neighbour (just turned 68 and in decent health overall) caught it in January. Was a bit too slow getting medical attention, since he was being quite careful up until then and thought it must be something else. Had a heart attack and blood clots. Doc was seriously considering partial leg amputation, but was able to get by with carving "dead" meat out of his leg and cutting off about 1/3 of one big toe. Went on a ventilator. Spent 2 1/2 months in ICU, 2 more in a regular room and is now home. He can barely walk and goes back to the hospital 4 to 5 days a week for sessions in the hyperbaric chamber to oxygenate his blood in order to compensate for the shortcomings of his own lung performance.
Not dying, is only part of some stories.