There are many holes in the vaccination argument, but the one that you have highlighted here seems to me to be the most, aah, I was going to say transparent but a transparent hole, ugh, never mind, keep going, no one will notice.bpcw wrote: ↑Sat Jan 22, 2022 1:31 pm Just look at these 2 statements from the same article:
On Tuesday, the government confirmed that 36 of the 54 passengers had tested positive. It said in a post on Facebook that all passengers are currently being monitored by health officials..
All of the passengers on the flight are fully vaccinated, the government said.
"The only way that we can fight this virus is through complete vaccination," the office of President Taneti Maamau said on Facebook. "The public is urged to complete their vaccination doses in order to protect themselves and families."
So what is the rational here, clearly vaccines don't reduce transmission. Is it really that we must all be vaccinated to protect ourselves, but isn't that then a choice if we are only protecting ourselves and cannot protect others through vaccination. Or are they just being thick?
Here's the full article if you wish to read: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-60092463
The official line is that by getting vaccinated you do not reduce your chance of getting the virus and you do not reduce your chance of transmitting the virus. This, so far as I can tell, is close to the truth. What they do claim is that a vaccinated individual will get less ill when they contract the virus. I can't assess if that is true or not.
Therefore if you believe what you are told, the idea that one should get vaccinated to protect others is clearly false - it would be to protect oneself. It does make me wonder why this argument was chosen in the first place.
Also, as an aside, I find it quite fascinating how quickly the UK seems to have changed course and with so little comment.