@resist1984 :)
Many countries don't care if travelers have been vaccinated because it doesn't stop transmission.:) It's politics. If you are diplomat, seaman etc #quarantine isn't required. They are immune.:)
@Br0m3x I was a bit overboard to say "nearly risk-free" but chance of transmission drops greatly. I would think that should be sufficient for border crossings. If a vaccinated person takes a table in a restaurant, they reduce the chance of xmission for the whole restaurant because they block potentially unvaccinated carriers from the table, plus the ingress transmission risk is negligible.
@resist1984 Where does this knowledge come from? I read not so long ago that CEO of Pfizer said that he had no idea if their vaccine could stop transmission of the virus. One more thing, people under 18 are released from quarantine and vaccination as well:D. But they have to learn remotely because of the risk of transmission. Blehh. There is no logic here at all. Coming back to reading my book.
@Br0m3x It's always been known that symptoms increase viral spread, esp. coughing b/c you blast that junk further into the air. The vaccines reduce the viral load & symptoms, which in itself reduces chance of xmission. There are a couple studies that confirm this wrt Pfizer & Moderna: https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/22291959/covid-vaccines-transmission-protect-spread-virus-moderna-pfizer
@resist1984
I don't agree but I don't want to argue with you. Last year I've been mostly in Sweden. There were no mandatory masks, there were no lockdowns, bars are open and filled with people. During the day in cafés there are maaany very old people. Everyone knows that there is disease but most of people tries to live 'normally'. People are dying... Of course. Almost 0.1% of Sweden's population has died infected with c. Yeah, but over 99% still lives and should live.
@Br0m3x Of course wearing a mask is still necessary b/c the vaccine only reduces transmission risk.