Just 1.4% of cases were among people who received two vaccine doses.

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    5 months ago

    Fuck antivaxxers, unless there’s a demonstrated prior allergic reaction these fuckers should pay an extra tax just for being alive.

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      I don’t think that avoiding vaccines is a very good idea, but I only really care about it to the extent that it’s a risk to other people.

      With COVID-19, there’s a major risk in that a dangerous disease is rapidly spreading and there’s a major concern that hospitals may get overwhelmed, leading to death rates spiking. Not being vaccinated was a serious risk to other people.

      In this case, according to the article, only 1.4% of the people involved had been fully-vaccinated. Even if every single case was a result of an infection from someone who wasn’t vaccinated, virtually all of the people who are being hurt are either not vaccinated or only partially-vaccinated. There is no risk of hospitals being overwhelmed.

      It’s not zero-impact on other people, but that impact is pretty limited in this case.

      In general, my take is that people should be entitled to a warning, but if they still want to do something to themselves that is a really bad idea and the impact is pretty much on them, well…

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    I’m so happy there is a chickenpox vaccine! I was at the edge of that, getting it before it was available. It was hell.

    It was more hell for my mother who had never gotten chickenpox as a child. So had it as an adult. Agony! And have to deal with sick twins!

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      Back in my day our parents had parties for chicken pox. The older you get, the worse it is.

      There was no vaccine when I was a child.

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          My brother caught it first. He developed keloids from it. I was maybe 6 or 7 at the time. I had to wear mittens on my hands till it healed.