Fully-vaccinated people have been reaching out with questions about resuming normal life. (Yesterday: Is it safe to fly to a bachelorette party?).
Here's how I think about these questions: 1/
Here's how I think about these questions: 1/
I'm occasionally asked to "clear" a patient for surgery. This might be an older person with heart disease who needs a massive operation and the surgeons want to make sure it's safe to move forward with the procedure. In practice, I don't ever "clear" the patient.
Instead, I provide a risk assessment. I also offer ways to limit that risk. Sometimes, the risks outweigh the potential benefits and the operation is cancelled. Most of the time, surgery moves forward as planned.
This analogy extends to post-vaccination life:
This analogy extends to post-vaccination life:
Immunization isn't perfect, but it dramatically decreases your risk. Doctors can't clear someone to go to a bachelorette party any more than they can clear someone for surgery. But we can provide a risk assessment and offer suggestions for limiting that risk.
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