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Joe Biden's statement on Pfizer vaccine -keep wearing masks (Original Post) Gothmog Nov 2020 OP
How normal! SheltieLover Nov 2020 #1
That's about what I expected. ananda Nov 2020 #2
Thanks for keeping us informed Joe! In It to Win It Nov 2020 #3
OMG, an actual grownup! tanyev Nov 2020 #4
It'll be so nice to have a president AirmensMom Nov 2020 #5
Yeah musclecar6 Nov 2020 #6
Joe Biden-Masks are not a political statement-please wear a mask Gothmog Nov 2020 #7
help me race to get this monster down to 0. AllaN01Bear Nov 2020 #8
Not Said, But Masks Will Be Needed DallasNE Nov 2020 #9

SheltieLover

(57,073 posts)
1. How normal!
Mon Nov 9, 2020, 09:50 AM
Nov 2020

Not the circumstance, but that we have a President! A real President who is not trying to kill us all! Makes me

ananda

(28,856 posts)
2. That's about what I expected.
Mon Nov 9, 2020, 09:51 AM
Nov 2020

I had already decided to keep masking and distancing
practices in place until I'm certain to be safe.

AirmensMom

(14,642 posts)
5. It'll be so nice to have a president
Mon Nov 9, 2020, 10:11 AM
Nov 2020

who sounds and acts like a president. The last 4 years have felt like an eternity.

That being said, that it's Pfizer is not very comforting to me after its Rimadyl disaster. I'm going to keep wearing a mask, stay home, and wait before getting too excited about a vaccine just yet.

DallasNE

(7,402 posts)
9. Not Said, But Masks Will Be Needed
Mon Nov 9, 2020, 05:07 PM
Nov 2020

Well into the vaccination cycle by both those not vaccinated and those vaccinated.

Why those vaccinated? Because 10% of those vaccinated and exposed to the virus will get the virus, according to Pizer's own claims. 90% is considered to be highly effective. The vaccine starves the beast because infection targets are sharply reduced, making it a downward spiral rather than an upward spiral. An infected individual will no longer infect 1.8 people as that number will drop to more like 1.2, then .8 followed by .3 and eventually it will disappear. Wearing a mask during this period will simply speed up the decline and the sooner that happens the sooner we will have our lives back. The problems will be the pockets where people refuse to follow the recommendations and the numbers will come down more stubbornly.

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