I couldn’t agree more with your second paragraph. I’m at a loss to understand how someone who nearly lost his life to the virus could play so fast and loose with the lives of others.
Intelligent people making unintelligent decisions.
Assuming it is true (and I have no reason to doubt it), it makes that one study out of Israel saying that the Pfizer vaccine is only 64% effective against infection with Delta. If it was that low, given the prominence of Delta in the US, we'd be seeing a lot more breakthrough cases in the jurisdictions that report them. By August, Delta will probably be close to 100%.
More infectious Delta variant makes up 83% of new US coronavirus cases as vaccine hesitancy persists | CNN
The more contagious Delta variant of coronavirus now makes up 83% of sequenced samples in the United States, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said Tuesday.www.cnn.com
if this is true, then all the reports of low infections in vaccinated people currently in the US should continue going forward, proving yet again, this is only a “plague amongst the unvaccinated.”
It’s like the CDC, Surgeon General, and Dr Fauci know what they’re talking about, who would have guessed.
Unvaccinated: Panic, and immediately go get your shots
Vaccinated: Keep Calm and live on!
Also, kids less then 12 continue to be well protected from severe disease.
What’s the most aggravating thing of all is that these media outlets on both sides are CLEARLY more concerned about ratings and scoring political points than providing the truth.
Except the unvaccinated people are the cause of breakthroughs, the reason for discussions of rolling back on restrictions, the reason why test sites are reaching capacity, and the reason that we are still talking about this when the entire country has been eligible for months and could be virtually eliminated in the states. Anyone who hasn't taken the vaccine (if eligible) is downright exhausting at this point.
I would agree with you but families like mine with kids under 12 are up the Swanee. We aren't able to get back to normal due to the high level of community transmission and the low vaccination rates in our area, add to that the fact that masks will be optional in schools in August, there will be no realistic virtual school option due to executive order of our governor and I worry we'll be pretty much stuck at home until after Christmas.
I empathize so much with you and others in your situation. It sucks your governor didn't feel the need to accommodate a virtual option for another year. My district downsized their virtual school for this year but its still an option for some, which makes me happy for those who need it.
A said a large number. Not all. There's a big difference.
Any examples of an intelligent reason to not get vaccinated?
I won't watch any form of televised, broadcast, or streamed news. I read my news and I'm pretty particular about the sources. I check news sources I see links from regularly if I'm not already familiar with their bias and levels of factuality.
That is crap. Let this ban me from my own thread - it’s a hill I’m prepared to die on. But ONE side has proudly held the belief that it was nothing to worry about. I refuse to let that rest on both. That goes BEYOND the US.
Yes, there is a lot! of
being tossed around and the stench is suffocating.