07-12-20, 10:26 PM
(07-12-20, 09:53 PM)Grahamm link Wrote: [quote author=Dudeofrude link=topic=26604.msg321920#msg321920 date=1607364093]
Well so much for not forcing it on people ?
I was one of the people on that YouGov poll and IMO the question was phrased poorly.
What they asked was "Once a vaccine against the coronavirus is freely available to all, do you think it would or would not be acceptable to only allow people who have had a vaccination to....
"Travel by plane?"
When phrased like that, it's almost guaranteed that a majority would think "Well, I suppose it's only sensible..."
However if they'd phrased it as "Do you think it would be acceptable to ban people from travelling by plane if they hadn't had the vaccine", I think the results would have been somewhat different.
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Yes I totally agree. It sounds very much like they have taken the typical journalistic approach of bending the truth in the news ?
As for the vaccine, I doubt it worth trying to vaccinate everyone as there are just too many that don't want it. As Fazersharp said save it for the elderly and vulnerable. Those of us young or healthy enough to not worry about it will be fine, just like the seasonal flu.
I think faster more accurate testing it the most viable option and they seem to be getting there. My wife and all her coleages in the materiality ward have been given 3 months worth of 'rapid tests' that they will be using twice a week. I've not seen her use one yet but from my understanding the results are shown within half an hour!
If they can build on that and get it down to a few minutes then that could be a real game changer with regards to thing like concerts, sports events and especially travel. It would just need up being another few minutes you spend in security at the airport?
Either way that along with this vaccine is a promising step in the right direction for a change