Quote:NBC doctor: People shouldn't travel or be 'liberated from wearing masks' until next summer, even if they've been vaccinated

Quote:A doctor who appeared onscreen as an expert for NBC News is facing harsh blowback after he suggested on air that even people who have been vaccinated for the novel coronavirus should not travel until the vaccine has been made availableto the entire country, which will not happen until next The doctor, Vin Gupta, M.D., identifies himself in his Twitter profile as a medical analyst for NBC News, and a "Lung/ICU doc" for the University of Washington's Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation. Dr. Gupta made the comments on "Meet the Press" Sunday in response to news that one of the first people in America to receive the COVID-19 vaccine was excited because it meant they would be free to travel.

In the clip, Gupta chastised the individual who planned to travel, saying, "Just for your viewers out there, I know one of the officials who we just saw getting vaccinated is planning on traveling after the second dose. This is a source of confusion. This is one of the misperceptions out there. Just because you get vaccinated with that second dose does not mean you should be participating in things like traveling in the middle of an out of control pandemic or that you're liberated from wearing masks."

Gupta continued, "Everything still applies until all of us get the two dose regimen, and we don't think that's going to happen until June or July. And, again, this goes back to what we just talked about, Chuck. We don't know if just getting the vaccination prevents serious illness, or does it also prevent you from getting infection entirely? Meaning, you can still get infected with the virus potentially and pass it on to others. So, really, really critical — don't let your guard down just because you got vaccinated. You still might be able to get infected with the virus and pass it on to others, so please keep that in mind."

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Quote:THE MAJOR POINT BHIND COVID...THE GREATEST FAKEDEMIC IN HISTORY

Quote:An international human rights group has warned that the majority of nations across the globe have implemented COVID related restrictions that have severely eroded the liberties of their citizens.

The International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA), based in Sweden, reports that 61 per cent of countries have used restrictions “that were concerning from a democracy and human rights perspective.”

‘These [restrictions] violated democratic standards because they were either disproportionate, illegal, indefinite or unnecessary in relation to the health threat,” the group declared in its report.

Quote:Ireland intends to issue Covid-19 vaccine certificates which could potentially become required ID for certain activities, and the country’s vaccination program could begin by year’s end, health minister Stephen Donnelly has said.
Vaccine certificates are part of the country’s “implementation plan” as it prepares to launch a nationwide inoculation drive, Donnelly told public broadcaster RTE. However, the form that the certificate will take, and how it will ultimately be used, is still under consideration.

Noting that airlines are discussing the adoption of a mandatory Covid-19 ‘passport’ for international travelers, the health minister predicted that the government-issued certificates would “evolve” as more becomes known about the efficacy of coronavirus jabs.

“If it were the case that there was a huge impact on trying to massively reduce transmissibility, then we can think about using vaccine certs in a particular way,” he said.

Quote:Leaders in Britain and US push vaccines, but minorities aren’t lining up for the jab

Quote:A new poll has revealed that minorities in the UK are significantly less likely to take a Covid-19 vaccine. Authorities blame racially targeted misinformation, but a similar pattern is emerging in the US.
After approving Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine earlier this month, Britain got its mass vaccination program underway, aiming to administer 800,000 doses by the end of the year. However, large swathes of the public remain skeptical of the experimental jab, particularly Britain’s ethnic minorities.

A poll published by the Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) on Wednesday found that 79 percent of white Britons would take the shot on the advice of their doctor, compared to 57 percent “from BAME backgrounds” (Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic). Asians, which in the case of the UK generally means people of Pakistani or Indian descent, were the least likely to say yes to the vaccine, with just 55 percent expressing confidence in it.

The poll also found that lower income groups were less likely (70 percent) to take the vaccine than higher earners (84 percent).

Quote:How Many Times Are the “Facts” About COVID Going to Change?

Quote:I have never worked in the medical field. But, I have had many friends and family work in the medical field over the years. We could speak together, intelligently in the past. We could share information and ask one another questions.

It’s important for me to learn what I can do to better take care of myself and my children. While advice from individual practitioners varied somewhat, there was similar advice throughout the field, all around different parts of the country.

VillageBelle post=386882 Wrote:Eh, Eh!! Maps still here fighting the 'battle'.

Even though I believe in vaccinations, especially when I think of the ones millions and millions of us got as children, against some very deadly contagious diseases/illnesses, I am still hesitant to this Covid vaccine.
Mainly because there is no 'history' of it's effects.....not even a year after it's first trials.

My hubby is also two-minded, even though he falls in the 'high risk' category.

We are on a 'wait and see'.

VillageBelle post=386882 Wrote:My hubby is also two-minded, even though he falls in the 'high risk' category.
We are on a 'wait and see'.