Here it comes: "Powell was fully vaccinated! See, vaccines don't work!!"

[CousinIT]

You KNOW this shit is coming:

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fact that colin powell was fully vaccinated about to become a talking point in the Innumerate States of America

vaccination reduces hospitalization in those 65+ by 94%, but it can't prevent all deaths

but anecdotes hijack our primitive minds, built for another age

[The Magistrate]

1. He May Have Had The Shots, Sir, But He Was Not 'Vaccinated'

Given his cancers and their treatment, the odds that the vaccines produced an antibody response run about one in four.

[CousinIT]

4. Of course. But our media refuses to provide important context to this story - like many others. n/t

[JohnSJ]

10. Of course

[hlthe2b]

11. He was VACCINATED, but NOT IMMUNIZED.

[The Magistrate]

18. Fair Point, Ma'am

You are more precise than was I.

[SharonAnn]

13. He had multiple myeloma, a blood cancer.

[malaise]

15. and prostate cancer

https://blackdoctor.org/colin-powell-prostate-cancer/


Colin Powell: Politics, Power & Prostate Cancer Survivor
Black men develop prostate cancer 60% more often than white men. In addition, they have a higher chance of dying from it. Because of this heightened risk, Black men are encouraged to start prostate cancer screening early with yearly PSA tests and physical exams at age 40, and even earlier if they have a strong family history of prostate cancer exists.

This is a lesson that retired four-star United States Army general, 65th United States Secretary of State, and former National Security Advisor, Commander of the U.S. Army Forces Command, Colin Powell, knew very well.

“When I was diagnosed with prostate cancer at 66, Iwasn’t terribly surprised or shocked,” former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Powell said. “For the five years before that, I had been going for very regular checkups and my PSA was always high. It floated up and down. PSA alone doesn’t indicate cancer, it just says something is going on.”

Thankfully, Powell had the knowledge he needed to deal with this challenge, in addition to the understanding that cancer doesn’t care about reputation. In fact, Powell had been tracking and preparing for the diagnosis for several years. He was so diligent about watching for potential issues with his prostate that he had already gone through two biopsies before the third turned up positive for cancer.

[CousinIT]

2. OF COURSE the media leaves out one very pertinent fact:

The media are INCAPABLE of providing important context to their stories. Rather, they are INTENTIONALLY refusing to do so.

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[Walleye]

3. Before the vaccination came out they were all "he had comorbidities he's gonna die anyway"

Now every vaccinated person who dies was definitely caused by COVID-19 nothing else according to the same people. I think their brains are made with some kind of viscous liquid that moves around with the political propaganda

[Farmer-Rick]

5. He was also a prostate cancer survivor.

So, he did have a comorbidity.

I see others have discovered his cancer history. Good. Just a reminder even if you are vaccinated, you can still be susceptible to the virus.

"Black men develop prostate cancer 60% more often than white men. In addition, they have a higher chance of dying from it."

https://www.google.com/amp/s/blackdoctor.org/colin-powell-prostate-cancer/%3famp

[Elessar Zappa]

6. According to recent CDC data,

you’re 11x likelier to die of COVID if you’re unvaccinated. So yes, some vaccinated do die but it’s a very small percentage (plus, Powell had multiple myeloma cancer so he was immune-suppressed).

[Farmer-Rick]

8. Wow, I had no idea he had that too

Too bad they couldn't protect him from exposure to the virus thanks to the anti-vaxxers and anti-maskers.

I wonder if he had lived in New Zealand or another country that actually tried to stop the spread of the virus, if he would have lived longer?

[EarlG]

7. The Covid vaccine doesn't make 84-year-old cancer patients immortal!

Therefore we should all stop taking the vaccine!!!!!!11111

Good grief.

[empedocles]

12. Good point of course

[piddyprints]

9. It actually makes a case for more people to get vaccinated.

He had other health issues that made it imperative for the rest of us to do what we could to stop the spread. Too many people dropped the ball (or intentionally threw it down). The more people vaccinated, the less likely that others who won’t do well will catch Covid.

It’s a simple concept, but consider who we’re talking about.

[marble falls]

14. Didn't work for him, because some unvaxxed fool got to him.

[fescuerescue]

17. Who was it?

I hadn't heard that yet.

[Celerity]

23. you do not know if that was the case, fully vaxxed can also transmit nt

[Tanuki]

16. I've already seen one moron try to claim that he died AS A RESULT

of being vaccinated!

[fescuerescue]

19. It would take a very bad and uncaring person to use a COVID death to prove their point

But that's conservatives for you.

fortunately we don't do that.

[obamanut2012]

20. He also had blood cancer

So...

[Ms. Toad]

21. Some of us here have tried to temper the statements about

likelihood of hospitalization, death, and infection for a variety of reasons, including creating unrealistic expectations about effectiveness would come back to bite us.

Pretending the LA Statistics were predictive, rahter than a snapshot of a time of low infection, high mitigation, and low delta proportion.

It is harder for anedcotes to hijack our minds when we have't used data inappropriately to make ourselves feel invincible.

[underpants]

22. Fox News wasted no time

Fox's John Roberts Slammed For Deleted Tweet Claiming Death of Colin Powell Raises 'New Concerns'

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142814591

[LetMyPeopleVote]

24. There is some pushback on this

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[gratuitous]

26. So glad I've opted out of this discussion

I've decided just not to engage the anti-vaxx nitwits. They stopped listening and processing new information when they found a square on the game board they're comfortable with. It's a foolish and possibly lethal gamble they're taking and it's wholly unnecessary.

[Rhiannon12866]

27. Twitter reply:

Link to tweet

[MustLoveBeagles]

28. +1