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About three-fourths of people infected in a Massachusetts Covid-19 outbreak were fully vaccinated against the coronavirus with four of them ending up in the hospital, according to new data published Friday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The new data, published in the U.S. agency’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, also found that fully vaccinated people who get infected carry as much of the virus in their nose as unvaccinated people, and could spread it to other individuals.
originally posted by: Vasa Croe
a reply to: AaarghZombies
LOL...your narrative needs updating. Please refer to your new notes on talking points.
originally posted by: ketsuko
a reply to: timewarpedbrain7
Still no indication of how likely a fully vaccinated person is to be infected. 500 people sounds like a lot, but out of how many?
500 out of 1,000 is bad, but 500 out 100,000? That's different. 500 out of 1,000,000 is different again.
During July 2021, 469 cases of COVID-19 associated with multiple summer events and large public gatherings in a town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, were identified among Massachusetts residents; vaccination coverage among eligible Massachusetts residents was 69%. Approximately three quarters (346; 74%) of cases occurred in fully vaccinated persons (those who had completed a 2-dose course of mRNA vaccine [Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna] or had received a single dose of Janssen [Johnson & Johnson] vaccine ≥14 days before exposure). Genomic sequencing of specimens from 133 patients identified the B.1.617.2 (Delta) variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, in 119 (89%) and the Delta AY.3 sublineage in one (1%). Overall, 274 (79%) vaccinated patients with breakthrough infection were symptomatic. Among five COVID-19 patients who were hospitalized, four were fully vaccinated; no deaths were reported. Real-time reverse transcription–polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) cycle threshold (Ct) values in specimens from 127 vaccinated persons with breakthrough cases were similar to those from 84 persons who were unvaccinated, not fully vaccinated, or whose vaccination status was unknown (median = 22.77 and 21.54, respectively). The Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 is highly transmissible (1); vaccination is the most important strategy to prevent severe illness and death.
originally posted by: all2human
a reply to: wdkirk
what is happening in America right now is a pandemic — a pandemic of the unvaccinated
mmmm
originally posted by: dug88
a reply to: timewarpedbrain7
It's one of the most transmissible viruses we know about. Measles, chickenpox, this -- they're all up there."
When I was young, my brother got chickenpox first, my mom made sure he gave it to me and my sister, my aunt brought us over so my cousins could get it.
It sucked a lot. It was not fun to have at all.
But now, I don't need to worry about getting sick in an extremely debilitating way should as an adult I come into contact with it.
This would have been around 1995-1996...
So, what the hell's happened in the 25 years or so since then that people have become such huge pussies they're scared of something far less unpleasant than chickenpox?
“Are you for mandating a vaccine on a federal level?” Baier asked her.
“Ummm. That’s something that I think the administration is looking into. It’s something that I think we are looking to see approval of from the vaccine,” Walensky replied. “Overall, I think in general, I am all for more vaccination. But, I have nothing further to say on that except that we are looking into those policies.”
Looking into those policies? Oh, hell no, sister.