New scientific findings in the prestigious Lancet Infectious Diseases journal blow a hole in the argument that workers need to get vaccinated to protect those around them.
The findings prove the foolishness of forcing employees to get jabbed or lose their job.
And Joe Biden should retract his order to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to compel employers to mandate vaccines.
The journal reported Thursday that COVID-19 vaccines have "minimal" impact on preventing transmission of the delta strain. Delta is the COVID strain currently causing over 99% of U.S. cases.
Most vaccines -- against polio, smallpox, measles and other diseases -- prevent infection and spread.
But not COVID-19 vaccines.
The groundbreaking findings in Lancet show that fully vaccinated people who came down with COVID infected others in their household at the same rate (about 25%) as unvaccinated people did (about 23%). The vaccinated had just as much viral load in their upper respiratory tract, making them just as contagious. "Our findings show that vaccination alone is not enough to prevent people from being infected with the delta variant and spreading it," study co-author Ajit Lalvani said.
The British researchers also found that vaccinated people were only somewhat less likely to contract the virus (25%) compared with the unvaccinated (38%). That conflicts with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data showing the vaccinated are far less likely to contract COVID.
One thing is for sure: The science is uncertain on this. So, government should not be using a heavy hand to impose mandates.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/11/03/new_vaccine_science_shows_mandates_are_unwise_146675.html

