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Originally Posted by Puck
OldColt/Butter I appreciate your service to the medical field. FYI. I am not a DR and have no background myself in the field. My wife however does. She overseas 17 hospital emergency rooms throughout the midwest for a medical group that has hundreds of hospitals. She coordinates with 150+ DRs on a daily basis. Sits in on the meetings etc. and hears all of the discussion about COVID and what is happening now in the past and what to expect going forward.
Anyway, Back to the story of the couple
There is no way for anyone to tell if this couple is vaccinated or not Whether as individuals or as a couple.
The reason is because they were both infected. One caught it from the other so both can pass the virus and they can get very sick or be mild. Any of those things can happen with a vaccinated or unvaccinated person.
So while the world can scream at the top of their lungs for people to get vaccinated People are still going to get sick whether they are vaccinated or not.
For the record that couple is my wife and I. We are vaccinated. Our close friends are vaccinated and have basically the same story. One mild one harsh symptoms. Our neighbor is not vaccinated and had very mild symptoms.
Now back to the NFL.
If a vaccinated person can contract, pass on a have bad symptoms just like an unvaccinated person. What is the difference? Why should a vaccinated person have any benefit to play because they got the jab over someone who didn't?
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The vaccine is not supposed to keep you from getting infected (although it can). It is supposed to keep you from kicking the bucket if you are an old fart like me. I'm assuming you are an old fart like me Puck and you didn't kick the bucket. I'm happy you and your wife were vaccinated. It worked.
To answer your last question, it has to do with viral load. Vaccinated folks shed much less virus than unvaccinated people and are less likely to infect others, especially other vaccinated people.