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I never said vaccination is a replacement for masking. That's a begging the question logical fallacy on your part. Of course the caregiver should also be masking.
I added the mask recommendation so that anyone reading this post knows what to do around people with vulnerable immune systems.
The vaccination status of the caregiver (or any visitor) is irrelevant. The at risk remain at risk.
The phrase "even if they live with someone at high risk of severe illness" is superfluous. Vaccination of others does not protect people at high risk of severe illness from Covid.
No, our opinions on it are irrelevant to them. Only they get to decide what's relevant to them. And that's why restricting the eligibility to the vaccine for political reasons is immoral.
This is a different argument. This is "anyone who wants the vaccine should be able to have it". Agreed.
My point is that assuming that caregivers should get covid vaccines is unscientific and encourages dangerous behavior around those at risk. (Because it implies if you are vaccinated against Covid then you present no risk)
No, it does not imply that, at all. You are inferring it. Caregivers should get the vaccine, because everyone who does not have a medical reason not to should, because it is scientifically observed to reduce viral load and improve outcomes from an infection. That's a completely independent statement from masking recommendations.
This is not an argument about getting vaccinated. You are not reading correctly.
A caregivers covid vaccination status is irrelevant to the at risk. The covid vaccine does not stop transmission. It will not protect people at risk.
Putting it bluntly. You being vaccinated will not stop you killing your immunocompromised grandmother with covid.
I've noticed that a lot of people on Lemmy simply don't believe this, and consider it to be anti-vax propaganda.
The first time I got covid, it was from someone who had been vaccinated. She didn't wear a mask around me or tell me she had covid because she didn't think she could give it to me.
People tend to have only binary opinions and this is a technical topic that has been deeply politicised.
I think this particular argument of viral transmission is worth having, because it may just make someone think twice around their more vulnerable friends and family members.
I should have also highlighted that recently recovered can also silently infect with other strains.