People aren't good with "This is effective but not 100% effective" calculations but attempts by health people to compensate ("Since this is not 100% effective we need to stress how not effective it is so they know it's not 100% effective") just makes matters worse.
https://twitter.com/CheeseForEvery1/status/1420198564526010372
If it is the case that the vaccine is ineffective against spread and we have to wear masks to prevent spread, people talking about "But the messaging!" need to let it go. But...
if it's actually mostly about unverifiability and trust of who is vaccinated and who isn't, and conditional enforcement based on unknown status isn't feasible then just talk about that (perhaps using more simple words).
"I'm vaccinated, do I need to wear a mask?"
"We're still figuring that out. In private company among vaccinated, it's likely effective enough that you shouldn't worry about it. Public spaces may need more uniform rules, though, and it's important that people follow them."
"We're still figuring that out. In private company among vaccinated, it's likely effective enough that you shouldn't worry about it. Public spaces may need more uniform rules, though, and it's important that people follow them."
This is much better than citing a (so-far) phantom study about viral loads being the same between vaccinated and unvaccinated, so that people will wear masks for fear of being just as likely to transmit as the unvaccinated. Which is what I fear they're doing.
IOW we shouldn't let fears that the vaccine-hesitant will misunderstand the need to wear masks talk us out of otherwise worthwhile masking rules. But we shouldn't aggressively repackage what we know to justify it, also.
Anyway, I think this is all hastening our progress towards the end of any attempted mitigation of spread (protection of the unvaccinated or attempts at variant-suppression).
And in sum, please let me vaccinate my daughter.
And in sum, please let me vaccinate my daughter.
And I should add it is entirely possible that they're communicating as straightforwardly as they can with what they know. The cost of previous attempts at sciencing-to-message is that I can't really trust whether they are sciencing or messaging.
https://twitter.com/DucksForDuckGod/status/1420381349987368968
At the risk of confirmation bias, this sure is shaping up to look like the sort of thing I was worried about.
https://twitter.com/AstorAaron/status/1420431564157112323
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