The Delta variant is the fastest, fittest and most formidable version of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 the world has encountered, and it is upending assumptions about the disease even as nations loosen restrictions and open their economies, according to virologists and epidemiologists.
What is the purpose of a mask mandate or a social distancing requirement? To slow down the spread. Delta already spreads twice as fast as wild-type covid, meaning mask/distancing mandates are already half as effective before factoring in greater non-compliance. Secondly, what happens if you do slow down the spread? It just delays the inevitable - that pretty much everyone in the US is going to be exposed to the virus at some point.
The purpose of mask and distancing mandates last year was to delay the inevitable until we had a vaccine. Now that we have a vaccine, that needs to be the priority. Vaccinating 10 unvaccinated people will do more to fight the pandemic than masking 10,000 vaccinated people.
What is the purpose of a mask mandate or a social distancing requirement? To slow down the spread. Delta already spreads twice as fast as wild-type covid, meaning mask/distancing mandates are already half as effective before factoring in greater non-compliance. Secondly, what happens if you do slow down the spread? It just delays the inevitable - that pretty much everyone in the US is going to be exposed to the virus at some point.
The purpose of mask and distancing mandates last year was to delay the inevitable until we had a vaccine. Now that we have a vaccine, that needs to be the priority. Vaccinating 10 unvaccinated people will do more to fight the pandemic than masking 10,000 vaccinated people.
idk why you think slowing down spread is an unworthy task. just because it won't stop it doesn't mean it won't help anybody.
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