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Antivax types are all anti pushing vaccine on to people but if they don't want to get vaccinated then it still won't affect vaccinated folks. From my rough understanding, getting vaccinated keeps you alive or get less severe symptoms, but you can still pass it on.

So if antivax people don't get it, then why not just let them die?

Edit: guys, I'm not antivax, I just don't understand how herd immunity works.

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[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 1 points 2 weeks ago

Reading some replies I think I missed the boat on what you were saying. Not everyone who catches a machine dies. Some die, some live but have medical issues for the rest of their lives, some live but will have issues for an extended period, some don't die but have a severe bout that is close, and some are fine. If they survive they will have immunity akin to a vaccine but its always behind. I have heard way more of folks getting covid multiple times than getting it while vaccinated. The main reason for this is the vaccines get updated. So person alpha never gets vaccines and person beta always gets them. Alpha catches covidA and beta does not. Alpha catches covidB and beta does not. Alpha and beta catch covidC because beta was exposed before the updated vaccine came out and they don't mask and had to be in office. Alpha catches covidD and beta does not because they got the latest updated vax before exposure. So the person catching covid is spreading is incubating and spreading covid around more. Morally as well we just don't let people die in any society I know I would like to live in. Ironically allowing death when the person wants it is more a society I would want to live in.