Yes, agreed, that's worse. And frankly, so is "you have zero risk if you hang out with other vaccinated people."
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By all means I think we should message enthusiastically, and those who follow me know I’ve always tweeted enthusiastically about vaccines, but I still think there must be a way to do so without literally telling people they never need to mask again once they’re vaccinated
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I don't think anyone here is suggesting that either extreme oversimplification is fine on its own.
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They should not be footnotes. First, it’s an important precaution to not take masks off right now when transmission remains out of control. Second, vaccines won’t address the immediate short-term problem, which is, again, uncontrolled community transmission.
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Behavioral NPIs remain essential until enough people have been vaccinated that we can relax them. Third, the transmission question is essential & we should communicate that directly. It’s not a message of despair that vaccines are a long-term solution, not an immediate one.
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That’s very insightful re footnotes - we are focusing on uncertainties as of *now* even though the vast majority can’t get a vaccine *now.* Focus on the great benefits and endgame of vaccination at this point, and quibble about restrictions when we know more and it’s relevant.
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Many are, but we still need to urge people to double down on ALL behavioral interventions given the current state of the pandemic in the US (and elsewhere) right now. We need to increase vaccine demand while doing so, but we won’t do that by overstating vaccine efficacy.
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Online media seems biased in favor of the counterintuitive or surprising. If the reward system for online media is page views, is it assumed or proven that surprising news spreads more than hopeful news?
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But we can message that vaccines are wonderful *and* tell the truth about the transmission evidence, right?
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We should do that, but that segues into trying not to say "we don't know if vaccines reduce transmission," which is commonplace but verges on overstatement at this point. What we don't know is how much; "they don't at all" would be shocking.
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A crime against public health?! And until we have shown that THESE vaccines prevent transmission, ppl need to continue to wear masks and be cautious about others. What is the crime in that?
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