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... Dr. Jonathan Reiner, CNN medical analyst and professor of medicine and surgery at George Washington University, told CNNs Pamela Brown Saturday .... Weve lost 700,000 Americans now and fully 200,000 of those folks have died since vaccines have been available almost to everyone in this country, and every one of those deaths is unnecessary ...
Nearly 56% of the total US population, or around 65% of those ages 12 and up who are eligible, are fully vaccinated, according to data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
However, fifteen states have yet to fully vaccinate more than half of their residents, according to CDC data: Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, West Virginia and Wyoming ...
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SoCalDavidS
(9,998 posts)Solly Mack
(90,740 posts)in late August. One died with a quickness and the other died the other day. One still in the hospital and two recovered but never hospitalized.
As far as I know none were or are vaccinated. I won't be asking but judging from their right-wing/evangelical bent, it's a safe bet they weren't.
And I am finding it hard to wrap my mind around it.
Second cousins, both as old and a little older than me, but we saw each other all the time growing up. Their grandmother was my mother's older sister and all the aunts were firm believers in vaccines, having been born into a world where a lot of today's vaccines were not available at the time.
I just don't get it and it would be cruel to ask. They are holding services for a mother and a husband on the same day. (both cremated)
All so unnecessary. Just so tragic on all levels.
It's mind-boggling.
Skittles
(152,964 posts)fuck them all to hell and back