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21. In Minnesota - Unvaxxed relative to the vaxxed -- relative risk declining as variants evolve,

Mon Jun 6, 2022, 11:17 AM

Jun 2022

and booster effectiveness wanes -- get your 2nd booster!

Minnesota Public Radio, 5/6/22
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2022/05/06/covid19-in-mn-rising-caseloads-may-be-leveling-hospital-needs-stable

Those relative risk ratios don't make me feel "virtuallly immune" from hospitalization or death because I'm vaxxed and boosted. But I'm supposed to feel that way, according to the smartest people in the room.

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COVID-19 cases are on the rise. Does it matter anymore? [View all] pstokely Jun 2022 OP

No concern about new variants? dpibel Jun 2022 #4

yup Skittles Jun 2022 #5

When the realization of long covid sets in ....it will matter PortTack Jun 2022 #2

Having it myself, I could almost see it in QE2's eyes this weekend JCMach1 Jun 2022 #7

Geez I'm so so sorry..that is awful PortTack Jun 2022 #26

I'm seeing a downturn and then a flattening in the NY Times data progree Jun 2022 #3

I highly question current data without the free testing in-place JCMach1 Jun 2022 #8

Apparently not. We've fallen back into the denial stage. PSPS Jun 2022 #6

The majority of people seem to have decided that Covid is over. Ferrets are Cool Jun 2022 #10

Vaccinated are 4 to 5 times less likely to get long Covid Johnny2X2X Jun 2022 #15

True about home testing iemanja Jun 2022 #17

So that means Covid is even less deadly Johnny2X2X Jun 2022 #18

Keep wearing your masks in public. That is all. Samrob Jun 2022 #13

+1 Hugin Jun 2022 #14

Yes, because human life matters. iemanja Jun 2022 #16

Phrasing. Iggo Jun 2022 #22

I find the silence disturbing. senseandsensibility Jun 2022 #27