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22. But in 5 days, Mass reported an additional 1000 cases

Reply to ProfessorGAC (Reply #6)

Thu Jul 22, 2021, 09:06 PM

Jul 2021

5 days ago Mass was reporting 4,000 cases of vaxed getting Covid and today it’s over 5,100 with 80 dead and 272 hospitalized. Not good. https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/more-than--breakthrough-covid-cases-reported-in-mass-at-least--have-died/ar-AAMnNfc

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Why Vaccinated People Are Getting 'Breakthrough' Infections [View all] hookaleft Jul 2021 OP

keep masking, people Skittles Jul 2021 #1

I just purchased more masks. Liberal In Texas Jul 2021 #4

same Skittles Jul 2021 #5

the CDC assumed the entire population would be agingdem Jul 2021 #7

if they didn't anticipate the FOX anti-vaxxer component Skittles Jul 2021 #8

exactly... agingdem Jul 2021 #9

Especially since a strong antivax campaign was already happening. Crunchy Frog Jul 2021 #12

I think they just counted on people doing the right thing Skittles Jul 2021 #14

Especially given what the entire country had witnessed Crunchy Frog Jul 2021 #16

CORRECT Skittles Jul 2021 #17

This n/t OhioChick Jul 2021 #24

Vaccines are working as shown in the clinical trials Deminpenn Jul 2021 #2

This.☝️☝️☝️☝️☝️☝️☝️ roamer65 Jul 2021 #10

That doesn't explain why entire, vaccinated family groups are getting it. Crunchy Frog Jul 2021 #15

Again, anecdotal evidence Deminpenn Jul 2021 #18

One is not going to have dead virus if that virus wasn't alive at some point. LisaL Jul 2021 #19

I totally agree. LisaL Jul 2021 #20

The breakthrough rate with that vaccinated group of Texas legislators DemocraticPatriot Jul 2021 #21

no vaccine has a 95% efficacy rate against Delta in terms of preventing infection Celerity Jul 2021 #23

I don't think that was CDC's goal either it was hospitalizations and deaths the vax wasn't uponit7771 Jul 2021 #27

I was replying to this, which was a statement about efficacy in terms of infections Celerity Jul 2021 #32

THIS !!!! ☝🏾☝🏾☝🏾 uponit7771 Jul 2021 #26

More than 97% are unvaccinated stillcool Jul 2021 #3

I Can See Why ProfessorGAC Jul 2021 #6

breakthrough...I hate that word.. agingdem Jul 2021 #11

I Buy That ProfessorGAC Jul 2021 #13

RIGHT !!! I don't know why "breakthrough" got into the conversation looking at the fact the vaxes uponit7771 Jul 2021 #28

Breakthrough should be considered serious cases and deaths mucifer Jul 2021 #31

Most vaccines save a few have breakthrough cases I don't know why covet cases are being treated diff uponit7771 Jul 2021 #38

But in 5 days, Mass reported an additional 1000 cases womanofthehills Jul 2021 #22

That tracks BETTER than what's expected, 5100 cases out of nearly 5 million vaccinated in 7 months uponit7771 Jul 2021 #29

Breakthrough infections are not a tiny percentage. LisaL Jul 2021 #25

CDC isn't tracking breakthrough in the US because vax wasn't intended to be a preventative IINM. uponit7771 Jul 2021 #30

That's just not true. LisaL Jul 2021 #33

Then the flu vaccine is worthless using that logic seeing its efficacy at prevention is only 50% on uponit7771 Jul 2021 #34

Nobody sets up to create a vaccine that doesn't prevent infection. LisaL Jul 2021 #35

Of course not, that doesn't have to be the goal from the outset though and I never read CV vaxes ... uponit7771 Jul 2021 #36

Flu vaccine is not comparable. It's well known to be hit or miss because Crunchy Frog Jul 2021 #37