Paul1977:

 

This might overlap with the "politisation" thread, but it's really a medical question first and foremost...

 

Is there any research yet that demonstrates the following in regards to vaccination and Omicron:

 

• If vaccinated are you less likely to become infected, or just less likely to have major systems?
• If vaccinated and become infected are you less likely to spread it to others?

Where this crosses over into "politisation" is that the answers determine whether vaccine mandates do actually slow the spread. If both answers are "yes", then that's some justification for the mandates, but if the answers are "no" then the mandates shouldn't be required.

 

I'm doubled vaxxed and boosted, and I'm confident that offers me reasonable personal protection. But with Omicron does my vaccination status benefit the wider community (other than I'm less likely to take up a hospital bed)?

 

as i've mentioned before the issue is our hospital system is running at *100% capacity, exactly the same today and the day before our first level 4 lockdown, if not worse today. so the idea i think is vaccination reduces hospitalization, and the govt is doing all it can to slowly and gently spread the omicron around so as not to collapse the hospitals further.

*the reason i say 100% is all hospitals routinely cancel planned treatments so the capacity to provide services has to be at least running at 100% capacity