Here are the two sides: Fisman vs. Bridle
Headline: Being with unvaccinated people increases COVID-19 risk for those who are vaccinated: modelling study
- Dr. David Fisman = agree
- Dr. Byram Bridle = disagree
The two sides in a nutshell
- (Bridle) Getting vaccinated should be an individual choice.
- (Fisman) Getting vaccinated is a collective duty.
- (Fisman) The unvaccinated harm each other and vaccinated people by transmitting the virus.
- (Bridle) Both the unvaccinated and vaccinated can contract and transmit the virus.
- (Fisman) We created a mathematical model to demonstrate how being with unvaccinated people increases COVID-19 risk for those who are vaccinated.
- (Bridle) Here’s a rebuttal, correcting assumptions and flaws in the study that not only negate the findings, but reverse them.
Direct quotes from both articles
Fisman: “We thought what was missing from that conversation was, what are the rights of vaccinated people to be protected from unvaccinated people?”
Bridle: “(…)the purpose of a vaccine is to protect people from a pathogen; to prevent both the disease and transmission of the causative agent. Such a medical product does not require one to pit people against people.”
Fisman: “With 20% baseline immunity among unvaccinated people(…)”
“(…)transmission was more readily disrupted within the vaccinated subpopulation, such that risk arose increasingly from interactions with the unvaccinated subpopulation, where transmission continued.”
Bridle: “(Here’s a study) that suggests that immunity among ‘unvaccinated’ people in British Columbia was ~90%. To be conservative, let’s say it is only ~85% across Canada (…) Correcting only this one assumption completely reverses the conclusions of the paper.”
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