Originally Posted by
BHG6
Not sure why you worry about other riders being vaccinated or not. According to the CDC's own studies, vaccinated people can carry the same viral loads as unvaccinated people and they can infect other people just the same.
From the Associated Press: " Walensky cited data from the last few days, still unpublished, taken from 100 samples from vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals with COVID infections. They found that the amount of virus in the noses and throats of vaccinated infected people was nearly "indistinguishable" from what was found in unvaccinated people, confirming what some experts have suspected. The increased viral load associated with the Delta variant appears to make vaccinated people equal spreaders of the virus."
What you (and so many others spreading this nonsense) miss is the part about these being INFECTED individuals.
Yes, INFECTED individuals appear to spread the virus equally, regardless of vaccine status.
HOWEVER,
vaccinated people are far less likely to become infected.
Thus, vaccinated people are far less likely to be spreading the virus.