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NickB79

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28. When you double a tiny percentage, it's still a tiny percentage

Reply to womanofthehills (Original post)

Sun Aug 22, 2021, 10:11 AM

Aug 2021

As it stands, the VAST number of breakthrough cases today cause cold or flu like symptoms, if at all.

The vaccinated aren't the ones filling the hospitals.

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Bloomberg News - Vaccinated people may be vulnerable to serious illness [View all] womanofthehills Aug 2021 OP

Wear your mask! Social distance... PortTack Aug 2021 #1

I am learning that anything can happen with Delta GusBob Aug 2021 #27

They lost me at the first sentence in the article: Mr.Bill Aug 2021 #2

Hey! People are saying! Hugh_Lebowski Aug 2021 #3

A load of speculative Mr.Bill Aug 2021 #4

Massachusetts coronavirus breakthrough cases jump 2,672 last week as infections rise amid delta vari womanofthehills Aug 2021 #9

Womanofthehills, please tell me you are vaccinated. Scrivener7 Aug 2021 #18

The CDC is saying the same thing - you think it's a laughing matter womanofthehills Aug 2021 #23

I almost lost my uppers from "Science can't keep up"... Hugin Aug 2021 #20

I think the point is GusBob Aug 2021 #26

Do you think it's funny GusBob Aug 2021 #32

No, I think idiot journalists Mr.Bill Aug 2021 #34

Me and 2 other posters today GusBob Aug 2021 #35

I'm sorry about your friend. But when I first Mr.Bill Aug 2021 #36

Post removed Post removed Aug 2021 #37

I knew exactly what I was talking about. Mr.Bill Aug 2021 #39

Lots of concern paragraphs Tetrachloride Aug 2021 #5

read the article...what a waste... agingdem Aug 2021 #11

Well, I'm convinced TreasonousBastard Aug 2021 #6

Everyday - we read of more and more vaxxed getting virus womanofthehills Aug 2021 #7

He is elderly with Parkinson's Disease. That's consistent with what the data says about mucifer Aug 2021 #10

They are concern trolling. sheshe2 Aug 2021 #8

So - you think Rochelle Walensky is wrong? Why do you think boosters are needed? womanofthehills Aug 2021 #22

This message was self-deleted by its author dalton99a Aug 2021 #12

Hmm... Mike Nelson Aug 2021 #13

19 paragraphs just to say "we have more questions than answers." Native Aug 2021 #14

This. Captain Obvious writes an article. I will say, though, that I am Scrivener7 Aug 2021 #16

Known known, the % of vaxed going critical/lethal is still very low uponit7771 Aug 2021 #15

"Growing concern" & "maybe more vulnerable"...hmm! Deuce Aug 2021 #17

Makes one wonder if mankind has messed with natural evolution? Throck Aug 2021 #19

Some people are saying the earth is flat. There is a growing concern among some doc03 Aug 2021 #21

Give me a break -CDC Statement below womanofthehills Aug 2021 #25

So get the booster shot. It's available NickB79 Aug 2021 #29

Bloomberg is trying to make current anecdotes look "concerning"; the CDC is trying to predict muriel_volestrangler Aug 2021 #30

So are you vaccinated? Elessar Zappa Aug 2021 #24

Good question here bluestarone Aug 2021 #31

When you double a tiny percentage, it's still a tiny percentage NickB79 Aug 2021 #28

When we hear an anecdote about a fully vaccinated patient getting very sick with Covid totodeinhere Aug 2021 #33

Well said. n/t Mr.Bill Aug 2021 #38