Kikapu wrote:Paphitis wrote:Kikapu wrote:Londonrake wrote:Kikapu wrote:My gripe with the vaccination is, and having had it already, I am still required to take a Covid test if I want to fly abroad and also upon returning, costing time, effort and money. So the question begs to be asked is, if being vaccinated is not safe to travel without Covid test, why would it be safe to be in my home country? Where is the vaccinations benefit I ask?
My understand is that it stops you dying. Which, to me, has always been a strong selling point.
Yes, that is a good selling point if in fact it does, because it does not prevent getting Covid 100%. I guess it is fair to say that ALL the results are not in yet.
Ok, let’s say vaccination does stop people dying from Covid and that is great, so why the need for the Covid Test in order to travel abroad and back home again?
Friends whom are vaccinated in recent month have driven from Switzerland twice to their second home in France, to which they needed to take the Covid test both direction since some regions of France are at high risk but not the region where their home is, which does not require to be quarantined in Switzerland upon their return.
I understand that unless ALL are vaccinated, this trend will continue, but what if not ALL want to be vaccinated?
I guess it’s because you can still get Covid and transmit it to others who are not vaccinated yet. Who could in fact also die.
I get all that. My point is, unless everyone is vaccinated, Covid tests will continue for those who would like to travel abroad. Now, what are the chances of everyone getting vaccinated? Not much. My friends paid close to 800 Swiss Francs in 4 Covid tests for two people for two trips to France and back by car this month.
It will be impossible to vaccinate everyone as there will always be those who object and remain hardcore in their objections.
But because you are vaccinated, down the track, you will have the privilige of being able to visit countries that the objectors just simply will not be allowed to. That's a big thing.
Who cares if you have to do a test before and after? You will be able to visit the US and Australia and every other country.
Eventually, I don't know when, there will be some super dooper vaccine that will totally knock COVID on its head. Might take some years. Influenze vaccines take on average 7 years of developing and testing.