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That's not what contagious means.
Wrong: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5124998/ (also see footnote 1).
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#112Earlier quoted context omitted.
> seems…nothing has had a meaningful impact on coronavirus spread Not sure if trolling, but in case not, vaccination has had “a substantial impact on mitigating COVID-19 outbreaks” in America [1]. [1] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7709178/
That paper is purely based on a model with [optimistic] assumed effectiveness and transmission parameters. It does not consider any actual infection statistics to come to its conclusion. I'd love to see a paper explaining why some two months ago cases were already at or approaching record highs in countries with 70-90% vaccination rates, like UK, Israel, multiple EU nations...Gibraltar is particularly interesting bec…
The current situation in Auckland, New Zealand provides very good evidence of vaccines reducing spread, though I don't think it has been written up in a paper yet.
We've had < 10,000 confirmed COVID cases in Auckland so the vast majority of the 2M population cannot have natural immunity. Behavior restrictions have been relaxed gradually over the last two months, yet the COVID case numbers (which were increasing) have actually leveled out at an R value of around 1. Vaccination is the only thing that could plausibly have reduced that infection rate.
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#113Earlier quoted context omitted.
The real question is why use 512 bit RSA when you can use 2048+?
My guess is Vietnam’s spec was to achieve the same level of integrity as a paper document (ie. Minimal) and optimize for cheap/poor quality cameras. Longer keylengths make it difficult to deliver sufficient payload in a QR. not sure about EU, but the SMART health passes that are the emerging standard use ES256 signatures. The lack of global leadership for interoperable standards early on made this more difficult. You…
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#114Earlier quoted context omitted.
That paper is purely based on a model with [optimistic] assumed effectiveness and transmission parameters. It does not consider any actual infection statistics to come to its conclusion. I'd love to see a paper explaining why some two months ago cases were already at or approaching record highs in countries with 70-90% vaccination rates, like UK, Israel, multiple EU nations...Gibraltar is particularly interesting bec…
Right, and this is why I have a problem with employer enforced mandates even though I'm vaccinated. The government taking away your right to work and support yourself based on some pretty flimsy data about the public good for something that should be a personal decision. Fact is, the vaccinated really shouldn't be losing much sleep over the unvaccinated other than maybe those dirty people might be taking up an ICU be…
Comparing failure to vaccinate with smoking or obesity are off the mark because it is not easy to quit smoking or overcome obesity. If there was an effective, cheap, safe and instant cure for smoking addiction or obesity and people refused to take it, societies would indeed by highly critical of those people consuming hospital resources.
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#115Good! Keep it up. Let things be, enough of this vaccine pass comrade BS. We who are vaccinated should be at peace and trust this vaccine will reduce the likelihood of severe illness. Those who aren’t, I wish them the best, but that’s their choice. Hopefully this will finally encourage smokers to quit and the obese to cut out a few sodas per day.
> Good! Keep it up. Let things be, enough of this vaccine pass comrade BS. You're going to get heavily downvoted, but I totally agree. The vaccine pass is a complete farce. I even have non-technical friends that have faked vaccine passes. For someone even remotely technical, it's trivial to Photoshop. If only we had the same fervor when it comes to demonizing weight gain, we could save 10x more lives.
If only there was a super cheap, safe, effective and instant medical treatment that could prevent obesity or at least its negative health effects. Because if there was, and yet obese people refused to take it and consequently soaked up a lot of health-care resources, you can be sure they would be demonized just as much as people who refuse to take COVID vaccines.
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#116Earlier quoted context omitted.
That paper is purely based on a model with [optimistic] assumed effectiveness and transmission parameters. It does not consider any actual infection statistics to come to its conclusion. I'd love to see a paper explaining why some two months ago cases were already at or approaching record highs in countries with 70-90% vaccination rates, like UK, Israel, multiple EU nations...Gibraltar is particularly interesting bec…
The current situation in Auckland, New Zealand provides very good evidence of vaccines reducing spread, though I don't think it has been written up in a paper yet. We've had < 10,000 confirmed COVID cases in Auckland so the vast majority of the 2M population cannot have natural immunity. Behavior restrictions have been relaxed gradually over the last two months, yet the COVID case numbers (which were increasing) have…
I wonder if seasonal variations have a effect. New Zealand is closing on summer, which my understanding was less bad in Europe.
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#117I remember here in Canada there were concerns about this sort of thing when rolling out our proof-of-vaccination system, but practically speaking, the number of people with both the technical understanding and inclination to do this is surely too small to have a meaningful impact on COVID spread.
The QR-code based solutions, using elliptic curve asymmetric cryptography, aren't breakable by anyone at present (maybe someone has some monster quantum computer and they could, but they wouldn't be making fake vaccination certificates). The private keys could be stolen or misused of course, but there are very well proven solutions to that given how much of the industry relies upon asymmetric encryption and signing.…
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#118I wonder if these tools will be required after the pandemic to only offer services and entry to citizens with documentation.
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No, stripping unvaccinated people of their fundamental freedoms (as happened in countries like Lithuania and Austria) is a harm to society. More than harm, it's a complete disintegration.
How is locking down only the anti-vax retards any worse then locking down everyone?
Because first we were told "two weeks to flatten the curve and slow the spread". We were also told we didn't really need masks. Then we were told, as late as last October by CNN, and even later by the new guy himself, we should be scared of the new vaccine, because it was released super fast, and endorsed by the last guy.
Then the new guy came in and even though he had nothing to do with it, suddenly, in the blink of an eye, the vaccine was super awesome, a heaven-sent miracle cure. 99%+ effectiveness! Take it now, you anti-vaxxer! Wait, you're scared? Low-IQ retard, forget about the FUD we spread before the election, we were just kidding. ;-)
And besides, well, the vaccine is so awesome that even though I got this awesome injection, I'm still afraid of getting COVID, so you still need to get it, even though it's super effective, and I'm going to treat you like dirt until you get this vaccine. Which will totally eliminate COVID, we promise. Because I have total faith in this vaccine I want to force you to get because I don't want to interact with unvaccinated people because I might get COVID and get sick despite this amazing vaccine, because I've never gotten sick before COVID.
So then we were told we needed no more masks. Which it turns out, caused even more of a spread (but it's okay, because new guy), because guess what, the vaccinated spread almost as easily as the unvaccinated. So now you need to show your vax card to get into places, because the vaccinated can't spread COVID... oh wait.
Then we find out the vaccine dips hard, real hard, in effectiveness after a few months. Oops. But now you still need to get it or you're fired. Show your papers, comrade. Why didn't you get your 12th booster yet, fellow citizen?
See what I'm getting at? Basically, we're tired of listening to you, and we're not going to anymore. What will time prove you wrong about next? My guess: we're going to find out for certain that COVID will never go away, and is here to stay forever, just like the flu.
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That's a ridiculous narrative for covid where vaccinated people are marginally less contagious than unvaccinated people. The main benefit of the covid vaccine is reducing symptoms when you get covid and reducing hospitalisations. If you are worried about getting covid, vaccinate yourself. That's it, you don't need anyone else to be vaccinated.
> That's a ridiculous narrative for covid where vaccinated people are marginally less contagious than unvaccinated people. Almost two years in and people still don't understand that there is a difference in severity of an infection. When vaccinated, you are much less likely to develop severe symptoms and very unlikely to have to get hospitalized.
I don't know what you're after but that's literally what the sentence after the one you're quoting is saying.