Its not JUST the vaccines. Were also wearing n95s AND have the vaccines. Literally with full PPE plus vaccine it is totally safe to be shadowing. Also would love for you to send my way the evidence based research you have to support such a claim.
Not sure if your school gives you access to UpToDate but here are some excerpts. I don't want to share more because it is behind a pay wall.
"Impact on transmission — Several COVID-19 vaccines have demonstrated efficacy in preventing symptomatic COVID-19. However, asymptomatic infection also contributes to transmission of SARS-CoV-2, and the impact of vaccination on asymptomatic infection is uncertain."
"Until more data are available, continued personal and public health preventive measures are still recommended for individuals who have been vaccinated to reduce the risk of transmission."
Also, the ~95% efficacy of the Moderna and Pfizer is defined as preventing SYMPTOMATIC infection.
Finally, and most importantly, in the future, you need to realize that the standard in medicine is "this is unsafe unless proven otherwise" not "this is safe until proven otherwise." The onus is on YOU, the one advocating for seemingly risky behavior to prove that is is safe, not on me to prove that it is unsafe.
There is no "evidenced based research" (btw that is redundant, medical research by definition is evidence based) at this time that the vaccine significantly prevents asymptomatic covid infection. Therefore, shadowing as a preclinical med student is selfish and unethical. You do not
need to shadow. You just
want to shadow and are placing your career aspirations/boredom over patient safety.
