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In reply to the discussion: So when do we cut out the anti vaccine idiots and start living our regular lives? [View all]womanofthehills
(8,685 posts)87. I'm not stoking fear, I'm dealing with reality
Stop talking down to people. Immune escape variant includes escaping vaccines. There are 6000 vaccinated people who recently got Covid - so far we have no info on what variants they were exposed to. From CDC Director: Some of these breakthroughs are, of course, failures of an immune response in the host and then some of them, we are worried might be related to a variant that is circulating, so were looking at both, Walensky said.
7% of the 6000 vaccinated people were hospitalized and a few died.
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So when do we cut out the anti vaccine idiots and start living our regular lives? [View all]
GulfCoast66
May 2021
OP
I hear you. I think most vaccinated people are very eager to go out and be normal again
LymphocyteLover
May 2021
#1
I hit two weeks after my 2nd tomorrow and have no plans to engage in any indoor public activities
CentralMass
May 2021
#4
Unless you are an immunologist or have some other particular qualifications
CentralMass
May 2021
#20
I have no great desire to try out the efficacy of my Pfizer vaccine in the name of science or for
CentralMass
May 2021
#71
If you're going to claim to be taking a scientific stand, you need to stop the hyperbole
muriel_volestrangler
May 2021
#74
Lots of scary headlines out there the past few days - I doubt immune escape equals a mild case
womanofthehills
May 2021
#50
Why don't insurance companies deny Covid coverage for those that refuse a vaccine?
dem4decades
May 2021
#7
As if Florida had that problem with telling companies how to run their business.
dem4decades
May 2021
#12
Because with all the new variants, vaccine protection will be sub optimal until we have a booster
womanofthehills
May 2021
#22
You Are Definitely On Point-We Should Be the Party Seeking to Quickly Reach Herd Immunity
Stallion
May 2021
#13
All well and good - as long as variants that evade the immune system don't start spreading
womanofthehills
May 2021
#23
My view exactly. But my concern is Democratic office holders will keep restrictions going
GulfCoast66
May 2021
#76