Delta Variant is Not Just a Problem for Unvaccinated

By Jeralyn, Section Coronavirus
Posted on Fri Jun 25, 2021 at 07:09:00 AM EST
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The government wants you to believe only the unvaccinated need fear the Delta variant. It says that the vaccines are 90% effective against COVID-19 and almost as effective against the Delta variant. So even though the variants are more transmissible and may make people sicker, only the unvaccinated need fear them. The vaccinated can toss their masks, cram into elevators, cheer and sing in each others faces at sports events and concerts, and go back to their regular lives.

But there are at least 10,000 "break-through" cases of people who have gotten infected with COVID-19 or a variant after being fully vaccinated. Yes, that's a tiny percentage of all people. But that's not how people make decisions. For example, you only have a miniscule chance of winning the lottery but millions of people still buy lottery tickets. Why? Because they know someone is likely to win, and they figure it might as well be them -- they have just as much chance as anybody else.

By the same token, someone is going to be in that group of 10,000 who get the virus or the Delta variant after being fully vaccinated. Why take a chance it might be you? [More....]

According to the CDC, as of April, more than 10,000 vaccinated people got infected. So the CDC stopped reporting that number, and now only reports those who get infected and hospitalized or die after being vaccinated. As of June 14, that's 3,729 people. Some states are still reporting the total number of breakthrough cases. Massachussets reported this week that it has almost 4,000 cases. And Colorado is second in the country for the Delta variant. It's now 55% of new cases.

Odds don't really matter. What matters is whether you will become one of those who get the virus -- because you don't know how sick you will get, whether you will need to be hospitalized, how long you'll be sick, and worse, whether you will be a "long-hauler" and still feel crummy effects months later.

That group exists, and miniscule or not, someone is going to draw the "Old Maid" card and be in it. That's why even vaccinated people should keep wearing masks and social distancing -- because it will lessen the chances you'll be one of them.