At this point in the pandemic, there is more good news than bad. Yet, our leading health officials are doing everything they can to convince the public otherwise.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a study late last week that says almost half of all U.S. adults have received at least one vaccine shot. More than 80% of vulnerable senior citizens have received one vaccine shot, and more than 65% of seniors have been fully vaccinated. In other words, herd immunity is well within reach — if we haven’t reached it already — and the most at-risk population is now safe from this virus.
And yes, vaccinated people are safe from this virus. Out of the 66 million people who have completed their vaccinations and waited at least two weeks, only 5,800 contracted the coronavirus. That’s fewer than 1 out of 10,000 people. So, why does the CDC continue to insist that vaccinated people are still at risk?
The same day that the CDC released these numbers, the agency released a follow-up statement urging vaccinated people to continue social distancing, wearing masks, and staying home whenever possible.
“CDC recommends that all eligible people get a COVID-19 vaccine as soon as one is available to them. CDC also continues to recommend people who have been fully vaccinated should keep taking precautions in public places, like wearing a mask, staying at least six feet apart from others, avoiding crowds and poorly ventilated spaces, and washing their hands often,” the agency said.
The argument is that vaccinated people might still spread the virus to unvaccinated people unknowingly. But research has shown the coronavirus vaccines are not only highly effective at preventing transmission of COVID-19, but also of its variants. There is simply no evidence that vaccinated people are a threat to others.
And the good news doesn’t stop there. In the past two weeks, the number of coronavirus-related deaths has declined 19%. That’s a significant drop, and it will likely decline even more as vaccinations continue. Put simply, the worst is behind us.
But that’s not what we’re hearing from health officials. Dr. Anthony Fauci, the White House’s chief medical adviser, is still busy fearmongering about the worst possible outcomes. The CDC is hinting that maybe, just maybe, we might be able to take off the masks in 2022.
This is nonsense, and the public needs to start rejecting health officials’ guidance outright. The goal of these restrictions was never to eliminate the virus completely or to make sure every single person is 100% protected from it. There was always going to be a risk in the same way that there is always a risk when you get behind the wheel of a car. Except, thanks to the vaccines, you’re more likely to die in a car crash than you are from the coronavirus if you’ve been vaccinated.
Enough with the hysteria and paranoia. We never lived completely risk-free before the pandemic, and there’s no point in trying now. The public deserves their lives back, but our officials have made it clear that the only way that’s going to happen is if we take them back.
