Yesterday my Least Favorite Co-Worker was complaining in a meeting about how the vaccine is stupid because it doesn't even stop you from getting Covid, it just makes Covid less severe, and I just need to point out - that is literally how all immunizations work. All of them.
Immunizations don't, like, build an invisible wall around your body that stops viruses from getting into you. They teach your body *in advance* how to kill that virus so that when it DOES enter your body you can kill it off quickly and efficiently without feeling as sick.
If they work well enough, your body can kill off the virus before you build up enough of a viral load to transmit it to anyone else. Currently, it looks like the Covid vaccinations are indeed that good. Which is exactly what you want in a vaccine.
So yes, it is TECHNICALLY TRUE that the vaccine doesn't stop you from getting the virus, it just makes it less severe - but that is a statement about a wildly successful vaccination, not a reason to not bother getting it.
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