Bad (wrong) advice from a cardiologist goes viral. Dr Peter McCullough from Baylor college Texas says:
“People under 50 who fundamentally have no health risks, there’s no scientific rationale for them to ever become vaccinated”
⚠️This is wrong advice.
factcheck.afp.com/us-cardiologis…
“People under 50 who fundamentally have no health risks, there’s no scientific rationale for them to ever become vaccinated”
⚠️This is wrong advice.
factcheck.afp.com/us-cardiologis…
The reasons he is wrong are:
1. Comorbidities are not the only reason people get sick. Their role in causing severe disease is overestimated. One could be otherwise healthy & still die from it.
2. ~15% of deaths (India data) are below age 45. They deserve protection too.
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1. Comorbidities are not the only reason people get sick. Their role in causing severe disease is overestimated. One could be otherwise healthy & still die from it.
2. ~15% of deaths (India data) are below age 45. They deserve protection too.
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3. By reducing the risk of infection, vaccines have a role in diminishing the R-0. Vaccinated people are less likely to give the virus to others. Evidence is emerging on this.
(It is true that a few could still get asymptomatic or mild infections after vaccination)
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(It is true that a few could still get asymptomatic or mild infections after vaccination)
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4. The only age group that has negligible risk of death in the event of COVID-19 is children of 1-14 years. Their death risk if they get virus, is 1:50,000.
It will be statistically almost impossible to prove that vaccines can reduce that incredibly small rate any further.
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It will be statistically almost impossible to prove that vaccines can reduce that incredibly small rate any further.
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