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The rare breakthrough cases [i]can [/i]be just as serious - but generally only for the elderly and a very small handful of other immunocompromised people. [/quote]

Yep. Even among old people and people with health conditions, the vaccine is very effective at reducing the chance of hospitalization or death from covid. It's just less effective among old people/people with health conditions than among younger people/people without health conditions. But that's not surprising, because old people/people with health conditions are more vulnerable to ANY health issue. Even if you're old/ill, your chances are still far better if you're vaccinated than if you're unvaccinated.[/quote]

Especially if you get your booster. [/quote]

There are no long term studies regarding this so you cannot say for sure how safe it is and vaccinated positive cases aren't that rare anymore.

CDC recommends masking indoors.  CDC recommends masking in schools.  Everyone screams to follow science.  Science recommends masking.[/quote]
If you're going to report on CDC guidance, at least do it accurately.

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prevent-getting-sick/about-face-coverings.html

"If you are fully vaccinated, to maximize protection from the Delta variant and prevent possibly spreading it to others, wear a mask indoors in public [b]if you are in an area of substantial or high transmission.[/b]"[/quote]

We are high transmission and you forgot to pull out the other parts like indoor dining and schools.[/quote]

We’re on the edge between moderate and substantial, not high.[/quote]

Its still very concerning and way higher than it needs to be.  So, unmasking will cause it to get higher.  Why not help get it to low?[/quote]

It is completely plausible that we're ready at endemic levels of spread in adult populations.  And even if we're not, there's no reason to think case numbers wouldn't bounce right back to where they are when we inevitably drop masks.

But the point is case numbers don't matter. Severe cases matter, and the vaccines strongly protect against those.[/quote]

We don’t know who will get a severe case or not and masking has been shown to help in school.  There is no distancing or other precautions and testing and quarantining is a joke.  You may not care about kids health or even your kids but that is irresponsible when there is lots of information that these vaccines are just short term and many unknowns.  [/quote]

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