CDC Study Says COVID-19 Can Spread In Vaccinated
Sept. 21, 2021
A new study of Texas prison inmates provides more evidence that coronavirus can spread even in groups where most people are vaccinated.
A COVID-19 outbreak at a federal prison in July and August infected 172 male inmates in two prison housing units, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report released Tuesday.
About 80% of the inmates in the units had been vaccinated. More than 90% of the unvaccinated inmates wound up being infected, as did 70% of the fully vaccinated prisoners.
Severe illness, however, was more common among the unvaccinated. The hospitalization rate was almost 10 times higher for them compared with those who got the shots.
It echoes research into a July outbreak in Provincetown, Massachusetts, where several hundred people were infected -- about three-quarters of whom were fully vaccinated.
Such reports have prompted a renewed push by health officials for even vaccinated people to wear masks and take other precautions. They believe the delta variant, a version of coronavirus that spreads more easily, and possibly waning immunity may be playing a role.
The authors did not identify the prison, but media reports in July detailed a similar-sized outbreak at the federal prison in Texarkana. — Associated Press
More info here: https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7038e3.htm
Vaccines used: Janssen (Johnson & Johnson) 13 Moderna 50 Pfizer-BioNTech 122
Of course it’s preferred, but a lot of people here are skimming over the fact that it’s shitty that there is a 70-75 percent transmission rate among the vaccinated. In China, NOT getting Covid is still an option.
Moving to China isn't really an option for most of us. Going back to zero covid isn't an option. So what the fuck is the point of this doomer bullshit?
To remind us that a better future was possible, and the capitalists and structure of our foolish society yet again took it away from us?
Also at this point reality has a doomer bias. The US is back at 3 000 covid deaths a day. It's pretty shit. Covid is out of control there, and in other parts of the world. Admitting that is not doomer lol. Admitting life is pretty shit right now is not doomerism.
I want to live in a country that will at least accept the impact of their negligence and deal with that humiliation accordingly. Every "Wuhan flu" mf'er should get the Barbara pit. How little liberals are willing to deride chuds for all their China lies is what caused this whole mess to snowball into this Coronavirus endemic. I don't want the flu every year, why the fuck is everyone so calm about the possibility of getting a worse virus anually.
Probably because getting all upset and anxious about it doesn't change anything. 🙃