Quote from: bryant.coleman on Today at 04:12:09 AM

Quote from: darewaller on March 10, 2021, 05:04:18 PM

The real question is whether people actually need vaccination because the virus is now almost over barring a few countries where still the virus spread is significant and concerning. I don't understand why they are vaccinating people though because it's just a wastage of money to vaccinate for the virus which is now near its end and vaccines have shown some poor side effects so why even risk injecting the vaccine when you can take minor precautions and within a few months things will be back to normal.

LOL.. do you really think that vaccinating people is just wasting money? I don't think so. The pandemic is not contained in any of the nations (perhaps with the exception of isolated island nations such as New Zealand). So far 2.64 million have died from COVID 19 (the actual death toll may be much higher) and more than 100 million have got infected. So what do you prefer? A few million more deaths, or spending $35 billion to vaccinate everyone in this world? The United States spent $2 trillion for invading Iraq. Compared to that $35 billion looks minuscule.

Vaccination is definitely not a waste of resources, unfortunately though, the vaccination rate is pretty low, with only a few exceptions. Israel's case is fascinating though, it has already vaccinated at least 40% of its population and has already noticed great results, fewer cases, deaths and less severe incidents.

It's also slowly reopening its economy, with the vaccination program running, it won't take long to achieve a decent percentage of immunity.

https://www.dw.com/en/israel-reopens-economy-after-covid-vaccine-success/a-56642980