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In reply to the discussion: Lying by Omission about Break-Thru Covid-19 Infections? [View all]Celerity
(53,483 posts)have been ingrained in our collective consciousness for AGES.
Those numbers are in regards to simply catching the virus, including asymptomatic cases (who can still massively spread Delta now, as Delta causes 1,000 to almost 1,300 times the viral load of the Alpha variant (the UK variant strain) and 10K to 13K times the viral load versus the origin strain in your nasal and upper respiratory system.)
Yet now, all of sudden people think that only 1 in 1300 will catch the virus at all??
It is tragically ill-informed thinking, AND it is dangerous, as people will think 'well fuck masks, I am not catching shit myself'.
Hell, the CDC and Biden on down even said if you are vaxxed, toss the mask, even indoors, and that was when we all agreed that the vaxxes were only 95% (clinical studies) and 90% (real world effectiveness) AT BEST, (the J&J is FAR below that) in terms of STOPPING infection of the bloody origin strain or much weaker variants.
Now, with a much stronger variant running wild, these insane 99.9+% effectiveness rates against infection are being pushed, even as the CDC, etc are saying, 'ooooopsie! MASK UP again!!'???
It is maddening! It is such a cognitive dissonance-producing angle, and it IS dangerous AF.