>If you were to say “most people who don’t already have natural immunity ought to be vaccinated” that would be a much more sensible recommendation, in-line with general scientific consensus (and public health policies in other countries).
It might be scientific consensus, but I do not consider this good public policy. There are several problems:
1. How do you verify if someone has gotten COVID already? The PCR test can report negative for as short as 2 weeks after symptoms go away.
2. Do you then parallel documentation where people have vaccine documents or positive test requirements?
3. How should businesses/schools treat positive testing individuals who did not get vaccinated?
4. Should the government just wait for the unvaccinated to get COVID and just roll the dice if they survive or not?
I'm not sure how you can seriously argue that point versus the massively simpler to execute policy plan of just getting everyone vaccinated.
We are not cattle no matter what you public policy wonks have been led to believe.
It is possible to test to differentiate between those currently shedding the virus and those who are recovered with natural immunity.
Those with natural immunity actually do themselves harm by taking a double vaccine dose according to some immunologists.
It might be scientific consensus, but I do not consider this good public policy. There are several problems:
1. How do you verify if someone has gotten COVID already? The PCR test can report negative for as short as 2 weeks after symptoms go away.
2. Do you then parallel documentation where people have vaccine documents or positive test requirements?
3. How should businesses/schools treat positive testing individuals who did not get vaccinated?
4. Should the government just wait for the unvaccinated to get COVID and just roll the dice if they survive or not?
I'm not sure how you can seriously argue that point versus the massively simpler to execute policy plan of just getting everyone vaccinated.