{"id":84782,"date":"2021-09-19T07:19:18","date_gmt":"2021-09-19T11:19:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=84782"},"modified":"2021-09-19T07:19:18","modified_gmt":"2021-09-19T11:19:18","slug":"biden-exposed-for-attempting-to-start-a-vax-civil-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=84782","title":{"rendered":"Biden Exposed for Attempting to Start a Vax Civil War"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Debunking Biden&#8217;s Claim We Must &#8220;Protect The Vaccinated From The Unvaccinated&#8221;<\/h1>\n<p><!--more-->By Ryan McMaken<br \/>\nThe Mises Institute<\/p>\n<p>The official line on vaccines is that they are extremely effective at protecting against serious illness. And yet, these same people are also claiming that the unvaccinated are a major threat to the vaccinated.<\/p>\n<p>More specifically, President Biden\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS\/status\/1436323810886754313\">claimed<\/a>\u00a0on September 10 that vaccine mandates were to \u201cprotect the vaccinated workers from unvaccinated workers.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"Advert_desktop__1J5vD Advert_tablet__3QEBr Advert_mobile__1rlLc Advert_placement__1I4yb Advert_align__N0_fw\">\n<aside id=\"in-content-video\" class=\"Advert_verticallySpaced__wnPy3\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/21841313772,21778456762\/zerohedge\/in_content_video_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>In other words, it is claimed that vaccines are remarkably effective, and that the vaccinated must also be protected from the unvaccinated. How can both claims be true at the same time? They can\u2019t. The idea that vaccinated people are being frequently harmed by the unvaccinated is a complete fabrication, based on the pro-mandate crowd\u2019s own mainstream data.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/vacc1_1.jpg?itok=OuROnHym\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/vacc1_1.jpg?itok=OuROnHym\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"inline-images image-style-inline-images\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/vacc1_1.jpg?itok=OuROnHym\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"350\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"72c53a41-75ab-4b2d-b004-052900fde1b7\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As Robert Fellner\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.npri.org\/commentary\/the-flawed-argument-for-vaccine-mandates\/\">points out, according to the official data<\/a>,<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>The odds of a vaccinated person dying from COVID are\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.heritage.org\/public-health\/report\/statistical-analysis-covid-19-breakthrough-infections-and-deaths\">1 in 137,000.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The fatality rate for seasonal flu, meanwhile, is at least\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.health.com\/condition\/flu\/how-many-people-die-of-the-flu-every-year\">100 times greater<\/a>\u00a0than that.\u00a0<\/strong>The chance of dying in an automobile accident is over\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.heritage.org\/public-health\/report\/statistical-analysis-covid-19-breakthrough-infections-and-deaths\">1,000 times<\/a>\u00a0greater. Dog attacks, bee stings, sunstroke, cataclysmic storms, and a variety of other background risks we accept as a normal part of life are all more deadly than the risk COVID poses to the vaccinated.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Moreover, the risk of death to vaccinated people is similar to<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/vaccines\/safety\/adverse-events.html\">\u00a0the risk of having an adverse side effect<\/a>\u00a0to the vaccine. And as the spokesmen for Big Pharma and the regime never tire of telling us, you shouldn\u2019t care about having an adverse reaction, because it is so very rare and inconsequential.<\/p>\n<p>So by that reasoning, vaccinated people shouldn\u2019t worry about getting very ill from covid. Those cases are just as rare as the\u00a0<em>so, so rare<\/em>\u00a0cases of adverse reaction.<\/p>\n<p>And yet, even after all of this, the backers of vaccine mandates are trying to whip up hysteria about how we must \u201cprotect the vaccinated\u201d who are in grave danger thanks to the unvaccinated.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The level of mental and logical incoherence necessary to come to this conclusion is quite a feat.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><u><strong>It Doesn\u2019t Stop the Spread<\/strong><\/u><\/h3>\n<p>It must also be remembered that vaccination\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/health-ministry-chief-says-coronavirus-spread-reaching-record-heights\/\">does not stop the spread of covid<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Fellner continues:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>But as [the CDC&#8217;s] Dr. Walensky\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/us\/live-news\/coronavirus-pandemic-vaccine-updates-08-05-21\/h_d2accec79fdc37f422d02c536828ea1e\">explained last month<\/a>, while the COVID vaccines remain incredibly effective at preventing serious illness and death, \u201cwhat they cannot do anymore is prevent transmission.\u201d This reflects the official position of the agency as well, which is why the CDC now requires vaccinated people to mask indoors and follow the same type of social distancing practices as unvaccinated people.<\/p>\n<p>The official confirmation that COVID is endemic, and vaccination cannot stop transmission and thereby eliminate it in the way it could for things like polio and smallpox, makes mandates intolerable to a free society. The entire argument for mandatory vaccination originally rested on the claim that the vaccines could reliably stop transmission.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Moreover, those who are vaccinated often experience a mild form of covid when they are re-infected, which means they often spread the disease without even knowing they have it. The vaccinated also carry the same viral load as the unvaccinated,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/health\/medical\/double-jabbed-carry-same-viral-load-of-covid-as-unvaccinated\/ar-AANuNXh\">as noted last month by<\/a>\u00a0the UK\u2019s\u00a0<em>Evening Standard<\/em>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>While evidence demonstrates that vaccines significantly reduce hospitalisations and deaths, scientists now believe those infected by the Delta variant can still harbour similar levels of virus to those who are unvaccinated.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Previous thinking was that vaccinations would stop the spread, but now,<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>[T]his has been thrown into doubt and raises questions about vaccine passports \u2026 which work on the assumption that double-jabbed people are less likely to spread the virus.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Yet again, we see the notion that the vaccinated are being endangered by the unvaccinated is a fantasy of the mandate activists.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At least the CDC is being logical when it says the vaccinated should keep wearing masks. Indeed, every time we hear this from the CDC we should remind ourselves: vaccination does not stop the spread.<\/p>\n<h3><u><strong>They&#8217;re Filling Up the Hospitals!\u00a0<\/strong><\/u><\/h3>\n<p><strong>There is a secondary fallback position the mandate pushers also use: that the unvaccinated are taking up all the intensive care beds and therefore denying people with other conditions the hospital beds that are allegedly more deserved by others.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mises.org\/wire\/bidens-vaccine-mandates-its-about-power\">I pointed out here<\/a>, this is also an inconsistent\u00a0argument since this arguments rests on the idea that people who make unhealthy choices (like not taking a vaccine) ought to be treated as pariahs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>This only applies to one single \u201cunhealthy choice.\u201d\u00a0These\u00a0mandate pushers are apparently perfectly fine with drug abusers, smokers, and morbidly obese victims of Type-2 diabetes\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/www.health.harvard.edu\/blog\/why-are-diabetes-related-complications-on-the-rise-2019091117725\">the numbers of whom have been multiplying<\/a>\u2014 filling up all the ICU beds.\u00a0<\/strong>No, those people deserve\u00a0<em>their\u00a0<\/em>hospital beds even though they made the choice to destroy their own health. In fact if one\u00a0suggests people lay off the meth\u00a0pipe, the Big Gulps, or the Marlboros\u2014in an effort to improve health\u2014one is an intolerable &#8220;fat shamer&#8221; or someone who blames the victims.<\/p>\n<p>In any case, recent data has also emerged questioning whether or not the data on hospitalizations is very useful in identifying the load imposed on ICUs\u00a0by covid patients.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A recent study showed that nearly half (i.e., 48 percent) of covid hospitalizations in 2020 were mild cases.\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/health\/archive\/2021\/09\/covid-hospitalization-numbers-can-be-misleading\/620062\/?utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=share\">According to\u00a0<em>The Atlantic<\/em><\/a>\u00a0(not exactly a hotbed of anti-vaccine rhetoric):<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The study found that from March 2020 through early January 2021\u2014before vaccination was widespread, and before the Delta variant had arrived\u2014the proportion of patients with mild or asymptomatic disease was 36 percent. From mid-January through the end of June 2021, however, that number rose to 48 percent. In other words, the study suggests that roughly half of all the hospitalized patients showing up on COVID-data dashboards in 2021 may have been admitted for another reason entirely, or had only a mild presentation of disease.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>And why are there fewer severe cases now? It may be because &#8220;unvaccinated patients in the vaccine era tend to be a younger cohort who are less vulnerable to COVID and may be more likely to have been infected in the past.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3><strong><u>Get Vaccinated Even If You Already Had Covid!<\/u><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>But no matter!\u00a0All that matters is getting people vaccinated,\u00a0and it\u2019s all for your own good, and governments ought to be able to force medications on you. The cynical refrain of the pro-abortion Left, \u201cget your laws off my body\u201d only applies to one single case. In every other case,\u00a0<em>the state owns you.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This drive for vaccination no matter what can also be seen in the effort to vaccinate even those who have already recovered from covid. The claim here is that those who natural immunity should get jabbed because they have a higher incidence of reinfection\u2014although it is admitted cases of reinfection\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/technology\/coronavirus-reinfection-what-we-know-about-immunity-from-having-covid-and-whether-you-can-get-it-twice\/ar-BB1az7VK?ocid=msedgntp\">tend to be far milder than the initial case<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Specifically, those pushing vaccination in this case may point to a study suggesting the unvaccinated are<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/media\/releases\/2021\/s0806-vaccination-protection.html\">\u00a02.34 times more likely to be reinfected than the vaccinated<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, according to the pro-mandate crowd, this is 2.34 times larger than an extremely small number. After all, we\u2019re frequently told that cases of reinfection for the vaccinated are \u201cextremely rare\u201d and inconsequential. So, that means for the unvaccinated, the odds of reinfection are a little more than double an inconsequential number. Now, I don\u2019t have a degree in mathematics, but I have taken enough calculus and statistics classes to know that 2.3 times \u201cbasically zero\u201d is also \u201cbasically zero.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But that is the math being used by those who insist that the risk of reinfection for the vaccinated is negligible, while\u00a0the risk of reinfection for the already-recovered is an enormous public health crisis.<\/p>\n<p><strong>According to the mandate pushers&#8217; own data, the drive to protect the vaccinated from the unvaccinated makes no sense at all. But I suspect they&#8217;ll stick with the slogan, or even double down on it.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/mises.org\/wire\/debunking-bidens-claim-we-must-protect-vaccinated-unvaccinated\">https:\/\/mises.org\/wire\/debunking-bidens-claim-we-must-protect-vaccinated-unvaccinated<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Debunking Biden&#8217;s Claim We Must &#8220;Protect The Vaccinated From The Unvaccinated&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=84782"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84782\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=84782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=84782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=84782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}