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11. It is really, really, really dangerous to elevate anecdotal accounts over serious statistical data.

Fri Jul 9, 2021, 08:43 AM

Jul 2021

This post amounts to a report of a seriously injured survivor of an automobile crash announcing that cars are "too dangerous."

According to a news item in the British Journal of Medicine as of April 2021, of 77 million Americans who have been vaccinated, 5800 have had breakthrough infections.

Covid-19: US reports low rate of new infections in people already vaccinated

This is a rate of 0.0075%.

The News media continues to prove that you cannot get a degree in journalism if you have passed a college level science course with a grade of C or better.

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Vaccinated mom who contracted COVID-19 warns people to take virus seriously [View all] pstokely Jul 2021 OP

continued masking should be a no-brainer Skittles Jul 2021 #1

From what I'm gathering from all the conflicting information Withywindle Jul 2021 #2

Everyone was vaxxed against polio as soon as it came up. ananda Jul 2021 #3

I started school before there were wnylib Jul 2021 #4

Parents were desperate to get their children vaccinated luvtheGWN Jul 2021 #13

It's not available to children under 12 because wnylib Jul 2021 #5

I traveled back and forth overseas as a GI brat Skittles Jul 2021 #6

Same! pazzyanne Jul 2021 #10

the problem is... djm5971 Jul 2021 #9

I think most of us will be exposed, over time janterry Jul 2021 #7

Israel found a problem with Pfizer Jarqui Jul 2021 #8

It is really, really, really dangerous to elevate anecdotal accounts over serious statistical data. NNadir Jul 2021 #11

why are they issuing advisories for the fully vaxxed to keep masks on? pstokely Jul 2021 #12

Who is "they?" NNadir Jul 2021 #14

St Louis and LA have issued maks advisories pstokely Jul 2021 #15

are you going maskless in public? pstokely Jul 2021 #16

Breakthrough data from April is way out of date. NH Ethylene Jul 2021 #17

Locking after forum hosts' review. JudyM Jul 2021 #18