The way I understand the science is that we can say with some certainty that…
- we know vaccines work and they’re safe
- we know natural immunity works
- we have a good estimate on how well/long the vaccines work over time (probably 9-12 months with potential boosters) given a plethora of studies
- we don’t know how long natural immunity lasts, but we can (safely) assume it’s going to be 6+ months? Maybe 12, maybe 18, who knows. Does it matter?
- everyone wants to be safe, but the goal cannot be 100% safety/certainty, but severely reducing the spread and impact of covid without giving up our freedom, liberties as well as our economy
Rather than calling it a vaccine passport, call it something else that is less controversial, such as a covid protection status
- if you have been vaccinated/ bolstered using authorized vaccines in the last x months, you’re protected
- if you have an authorized lab based positive results in the last y months, you’re protected
- if you have neither, but can show antibodies from an authorized lab, you’re protected for z months
Let’s set best guesstimates on x, y and z and then call it a day? E.g. Make it 12 months for x and y, 3 or 6 months for z.
I feel like 90% of people could work within this framework. The other 10% is probably too far gone…
- we know vaccines work and they’re safe
- we know natural immunity works
- we have a good estimate on how well/long the vaccines work over time (probably 9-12 months with potential boosters) given a plethora of studies
- we don’t know how long natural immunity lasts, but we can (safely) assume it’s going to be 6+ months? Maybe 12, maybe 18, who knows. Does it matter?
- everyone wants to be safe, but the goal cannot be 100% safety/certainty, but severely reducing the spread and impact of covid without giving up our freedom, liberties as well as our economy
Rather than calling it a vaccine passport, call it something else that is less controversial, such as a covid protection status
- if you have been vaccinated/ bolstered using authorized vaccines in the last x months, you’re protected
- if you have an authorized lab based positive results in the last y months, you’re protected
- if you have neither, but can show antibodies from an authorized lab, you’re protected for z months
Let’s set best guesstimates on x, y and z and then call it a day? E.g. Make it 12 months for x and y, 3 or 6 months for z.
I feel like 90% of people could work within this framework. The other 10% is probably too far gone…