dozens of times i would repeat that most likely the immunity would be lasting and would protect against variants but i think the whole time they thought i was an idiot to be contradicting actual experts. but i wasn’t, these were the worst case scenarios that could be found among experts. not likely scenarios.
Also, a mask, like wearing trousers, is a trivial cost.
I still will wear one after being vaccinated, because I expect the effects to be multipliers: 80% protection from a vaccine and 90% from a mask is 1-(1-0.8)(1-0.9) = 98% protection.
>The chance of catching COVID-19 from someone coughing as they walk past you in a park is "infinitesimally small," B.C.'s provincial health officer said Wednesday.
Do you wear a helmet outside? There's nothing that prevents a brick from falling on your head while walking past buildings. You have a good chance of dying. Better to be safe than sorry.
Why is this treated like a conspiracy and not simply the obvious thing to do? The only thing that can be reported _with certainty_ is the worst case scenario so obviously the media is going to use cover-my-ass style wording.
It doesn't really take a genius to realize the media is aiming for the least wrong, not the most right.
Is that really what you think they're aiming for?