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Originally Posted by SimpleRick
Vaccinated individuals are providing an evolutionary competitive advantage for vaccine resistant strains and more infectious strains. I'm not saying to not get vaccinated, it still provides protection from more serious symptoms. Especially if you're older or obese you should get vaccinated. But to blame unvaccinated people for the propagation of variants is ignorant. They are less likely to get or spread variants of covid since they'll be exposed to regular covid. And they'll develop a more robust immunity against all forms of covid than vaccinated individuals.
This is the third time you are saying this in this thread.
-Vaccinated persons tend to have the virus for shorter periods, which means less transmission in the long-run since instances of the virus are likely to have less time to spread. This is good for the population. We have known this for at least 50 years.
-Unvaccinated persons tend to have more long-lasting bouts with COVID-19, which provides more chances for mutation since the virus is multiplying more within that person. A mutation is not some fabled evolution of a sentient virus. It is generally a copying mistake which is continued if the virus is not being stopped. This is why vaccines do prevent variants; because they stop the virus within the host before it can become a serious infection, and because they slow the spread of the virus.
-Bacteria does grow resistant to antibiotics and this is something medical science has to work against. COVID-19 is not a bacteria, though.
-Medical science has come so far, and not trusting the thing that has gotten humans to this point is a strange hill to die on. The people badgering you to get vaccinated are scared, and would like to stop being so. They have family members who are scared, and would like to go back to a normal life. They have lost ppl to COVID-19, and are bitter. Politicians are always some bitchasses, but scientists are dedicating their lives to studying this kind of stuff and helping us, so it's really strange to peddle your own poor understanding of science in this kind of debate. If you don't want to get the vaccine, that's okay. Don't interfere with the people that are trying to save lives though. It is disingenuous, and shows you do not know where you are existentially.