A new study has revealed that unvaccinated people pose a threat to those inoculated against the Corona virus, despite high immunization rates.
The research, conducted by the University of Toronto in Canada, is based on understanding the dynamics between the vaccinated and the unvaccinated.
"Many opponents of vaccine liability frame the vaccine narrative as a matter of individual choice," said David Fisman of the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto.
"However, we found that choices made by people who ignored vaccination contributed disproportionately to the risk among those vaccinated," he added.
During the study, the researchers created simulations by mixing the different groups and keeping them in exclusive contact with people who had the same vaccination status.
Upon analysis, they found that when the vaccinated people were mixed with the unvaccinated, they became a threat to the vaccinated but this was not the case in the groups having the same inoculation status.
Scientists believe that the findings of the study, published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, will be relevant to future waves of the coronavirus and even in the case of new mutations or variants.
The study authors noted that, "Risk among unvaccinated people cannot be considered self-defeating. In other words, neglecting vaccination cannot be thought of as affecting only those who were not vaccinated, but also those around them."
"Considerations around equity and equity for people who choose to be vaccinated, as well as those who choose not to be vaccinated, need to be taken into account in the formulation of vaccination policy," they added.
This study was conducted at a time when cases of the Corona virus worldwide were increasing due to mutations of existing variants as well as new discoveries. Tom Frieden, former director of the CDC, said: "We are in a much different place today than we were two years ago.
"Now, the virus is more infectious but less virulent, we have a wall of immunity from previous vaccinations and infections, as well as better COVID testing, treatment and disease surveillance," he said.
Scientists believe that disinformation efforts that fuel anti-vaccination sentiment around the world could have a devastating impact on the health and economy of the countries in which they live. As a result of the less than optimal absorption of available vaccines, the potential danger to the wider community can also increase.