"It's been, obviously, a long two and a half years for Americans, and we understand that people want to move on," Jha, the White House COVID-19 coordinator, told ABC "This Week" co-anchor Martha Raddatz of the virus that has killed more than 1 million people in the U.S. "The good news is people can move on if they keep their immunity up to date."
I fucking hate this piece of shit, AHHHHHH :agony-limitless:
Also a revealing quote when asked about RSV:
"RSV, for most people, [is] not a big deal. It's very mild. For the elderly, and for the youngest kids, it can be a problem," he said, recommending "basic respiratory hygiene" such as "avoiding sick contacts ... washing your hands, cleaning surfaces."
If only there was a better way to protect others and yourself, like putting a piece of cloth over your face and nose, perhaps? Nahhhhhhh
The vaxxed and relaxed mindset will continue until everyone has long COVID, sorry folks.
I feel like I remember hearing that the vaccines used to be somewhat effective against preventing infection, but that hasn't been true at all since the Delta variant. And yeah, especially not true now with Omicron and its subvariants because COVID has mutated so much. All the more reason why this "vaccine-only" strategy is so fucking inane.
They told us it in the beginning it would prevent infection, and then gradually changed to implying it, but it never did.
The vaccine against alpha would've worked well at reducing spread of alpha but here we are two years later with vaccines for delta and early omicron when the virus is all over the place with dozens of strains each more infectious than measles.
Sadly, that was always going to be the case when we opened up before vaccinating everyone. If I remember correctly, Delta was already on the rise in the UK when we in the US started our half-assed roll out. Not to mention withholding the vaxx IP from everyone.