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In reply to the discussion: Albuquerque Journal - 19% of new cases are vaccinated [View all]Ms. Toad
(33,915 posts)which overestimates the effectiveness of the vaccine, and encourages people to believe that taking any steps beyond vaccination is unnecessary.
My information is accurate, and always provided in context - unlike the information you and others provide - which is based on a snapshot in time, before the delta variant was prevalent, when mitigation was in effect, and when rates were relatively low. Providing that information without context, and implying that the past number is predictive of the future gives people who are vaccinated a false sense of security, and those who act on that contribute to the surge and to the development of variants.
I spent several hours Friday and over the weekend assisting in contract tracing triggered by a vaccinated jerk who decided masks weren't important, exposed 90 of his potential classmates, keeping two of them from starting school when he lied to the contract tracers about whether he was in close contact with anyone - delaying them from communicating with those he exposed (and preventing it entirely as to the 88 whose names I could not provide to the contact tracer who turned to me when the jerk refused to respond). One of those he exposed went home to a funeral and exposed her entire extended family. That was my second of three exposures within a week to individuals who were vaccinated and COVID positive. Fortunately the first was intelligent enough to stay home so my exposure was via zoom, and the third inadvertenty disclosed her status so I was able to immediately leave the area.
I have no more patience for people who minimize the risk posed by COVID to everyone, including those who are vaccinated than I do for people who insist COVID is a hoax. Both elevate politics over public health.