That's because this vaccine doesn't kill the virus or in any way attack it. It teaches your body to reject it, and it dies. But you can still catch and carry it and spread it. Over time, the virus will become extinct from not being able to multiply. Because it can no longer incubate. The vaccine isn't a magic pill that brings forth sunshine and rainbows. It stops the virus from reproducing, from using us as an incubator.
I thought the vaccine (Pfizer and Moderna) teach the cells to produce antigens for the protein that wraps the Coronavirus, including the spikes? The antigens destroy that protein which prevents the virus from entering into human cells to reproduce. So it dies before it can produce the reactions that do the damage to the body. If so, then how could an vaccinated person ever produce enough virus to shed and infect another person? I understand scientists say they do not know how the vaccines effect transmission but isn't this true of many vaccines? I think they want vaccinated people to wear masks because if they don't unvaccinated people might not wear them either.
My issue is not with whether the vaccine prevents transmission or not. The point is only people who choose not to get vaccinated can get sick, theoretically. Isn't that their choice regardless if anyone else thinks it is the right choice or not? In my opinion, which is not worth much, the government keeps moving the goal post for what it will take to get back to normal. "2 weeks to flatten the curve" has become full eradication of the virus.
Some recipients of the Pfizer and Moderna shots have had severe allergic reactions to the vaccine which is why they make you wait for 15 minutes after receiving the shot before you can leave the vaccination facility. Given the possibility of this type of reaction, which may be deadly for some people, then why shouldn't it be their choice to get vaccinated or not?
Finally, the fact that we do not know how long the vaccine is effective is an indication we do not know the long term effects of the vaccine. Based on how it works, it doesn't sound like there should be any long term consequences, but we have been wrong about science before so caution is not unreasonable here. If the vaccine has a short duration of effectiveness we should get used to the idea that the number of vaccinations will decrease with each round, just like we have seen with flu vaccinations.
