The other thing they never mention in their shaming, and blaming of the unvaccinated, is that a LOT of those people in the unvaccinated population already have natural immunity from having the virus, so there is no need for them to get the vaccine unless a titer shows it is needed. So when Biden shamefully throws out his statistics, he is including those who have already had the virus in with the total sum of the unvaccinated.
I will not have my kids get this vaccine! I'll go on a rampage if they made it mandatory for them based off of the ridiculous low data they have accumulated. A lot of this hysteria I feel is also to appease the teacher's unions, who frankly, DO NOT want to go back to in-class teaching. Over the last year, they documented that just over 300 kids died from covid, but the CDC has not distinguished how many of those deaths were actually due to covid, or if they just tested positive for having it in their body when death occurred. The keep deflecting this question when asked, along with all their flip-flops.
Meanwhile, the American population is getting shamed, yet all the video footage of the million+ coming through our southern border unvaccinated, do not have to obey these restrictions or shaming, nor are many using masks, and they are being flown and thrown around to all the states, mostly battleground and conservative states for democratic votes, and nada from the current administration or liberal officials. Oh...and if you are in Cuba, you are not allowed to come....mkay.
This delta variant is much weaker, despite being more transmissible. There is a bump in cases, but the death rate is only minimally effected, or increased. The vaccine can help in the transmissibility of the delta variant, but there is not a lot of data showing how much, if any. The NEJM just posted the following:
Infection and Vaccine-Induced Neutralizing-Antibody Responses to the SARS-CoV-2 B.1.617 Variants | NEJM
BTW....not saying the there is no risk of death from covid or the weaker variants, but let's be honest, if you are 70+, especially anybody in that age or any age who have major life threatening health ailments, i'd still advise to avoid heavily populated areas in areas that have an increase in the virus. I mean, if you have a supply of N95 masks, it gives some flexibility, but these cloth masks and overused crap masks everybody uses are a joke...they can't even keep out large particles when I mow my yard, let alone a virus measured in microns.
I say...stop shaming people and bullying the non-vaccinated crowd, and allow the availability and prescribing of HCQ and other drugs to help with this weaker delta variant. Stop throwing around mandates and scare-mongering.