Statistics show the stark risks of not getting vaccinated against COVID-19

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As top health officials warn that COVID-19 has become a "pandemic of the unvaccinated," recent figures from states and cities throughout the United States reveal the extent to which the virus is impacting people who are not fully inoculated.

A stark case in point: During June, every person who died of COVID-19 in Maryland was unvaccinated, according to a spokesperson for the governor's office. There were 130 people who died of COVID-19 in Maryland in June, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

New COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations were also predominantly among unvaccinated people, the state said, at 95% and 93% respectively.

Other states have reported similar findings while urging people to get vaccinated as the more transmissible delta variant is driving up COVID-19 cases.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/statistics-show-the-stark-risks-of-not-getting-vaccinated-against-covid-19/ar-AAMjDw6

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1. The anti-vaxxers claim they don't want to be guinea pigs.

The vaccine hasn't been tested enough, they say (ignoring the fact that research on mRNA vaccines has been going on for many years, as has research on coronaviruses). If you get the vaccine you're just allowing the government to experiment on you, they say.

Well, anti-vaxxers, guess what: We guinea pigs are winning. The jury is in; the vaccines work and the guinea pigs aren't getting sick. The people who aren't getting vaccinated, however, are getting sick. But what about two years from now, when maybe the vaccine's side effects will kick in and all the vaccinated people will suddenly drop over dead? Apart from the fact that there's no evidence (science, ya know) that this is likely or even possible, in two years I still will not be dead from covid, while a whole lot of unvaccinated people will be. I, the guinea pig, will have had two years they didn't get.

Science, y'all.

[SheltieLover]

2. K&R!

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3. Enjoy your FreeDumb while becoming a statistic!

[Rhiannon12866]

4. From the article:

Clinical trials showed that the COVID-19 vaccines are highly effective at preventing serious disease and death. Breakthrough cases -- when a fully vaccinated person becomes infected with COVID-19 -- are rare after full vaccination; a recent CDC report found that they may occur in just 0.01% of all fully vaccinated people.

"The message, loud and clear, that we need to reiterate is that these vaccines continue to [provide] strong protection against SARS-CoV-2, including the delta variant," Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, said during Friday's White House briefing, calling the delta variant "formidable." "It's so important for yourself, your family and your community to get vaccinated."

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