Medaggie said:
"After the introduction of the vaccine, the death rate of those vaccinated dropped precipitously"
Death rates dropping precipitously was multifactorial but I would say the reasons were mostly
1. Covid mutating to a less lethal form which is what essentially all pathogens do given time. Killing 100% of hosts is a bad way for it to propagate.
2. Natural immunity and Vaccine immunity. I believe natural is always better than vaccine immunity.
3. Old/Sick died pre vaccine so less susceptible hosts
I am not saying quarantine was correct, but the best outcome was it gave the virus time to mutate to a less deadly form.
To make this point. If Covid was 100% lethal and the subsequent variant was 50% then outcome is just better getting the 2nd variant which is what quarantine did. Eventually almost everyone will get Covid or one of its variants.
You are correct that there are many reasons the covid death rate has fallen. However, in March of last year, in the US, the weekly death rate for unvaccinated individuals was 1.71 deaths per 100,000. For those who were vaccinated, it was only 0.22 and for those vaccinated and boosted, it was 0.11.--
Scientific AmericanThat's about an 8 times drop in the death rate resulting from vaccination.
No, it isn't 100%. Despite what some would make you believe, it was never sold as being 100% effective. It is demonstrably effective, however.
And, yes, the strains spreading now are not as virulent as previous ones. That doesn't mean it isn't deadly, however. Last week, we had 224 deaths in the US. The week before 625. That difference may be due to a delay in reporting, I am not sure. Regardless, people are still getting sick and dying from it.
I am not arguing that natural immunity is better or worse than natural immunity. However, natural immunity isn't much help to those who die before they develop immunity.
And, you are also correct, that eventually, most everybody will get Covid or one of its variants. Some of those will also die as a result.
It is much easier to fool someone than it is to convince someone that he has been fooled.