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The little, unsophisticated people: https://politicofire.com/2021/08/09/cnn-guest-suggests-obamas-birthday-party-justified-in-spite-of-covid-because-attendees-w

The little, unsophisticated people: https://politicofire.com/2021/08/09/cnn-guest-suggests-obamas-birthday-party-justified-in-spite-of-covid-because-attendees-were-sophisticated-and-vaccinated/ https://politicofire.com/2021/08/09/cnn-guest-suggests-obama...

TheHypnotist 5y ago
Vaccinated is the key part of the title.
- another_kel 5y ago
  WHO disagrees https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/25/delta-who-urges-fully-vaccinated-people-to-continue-to-wear-masks-as-variant-spreads.html https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/25/delta-who-urges-fully-vaccin...
  - TheHypnotist 5y ago
    That's not for the wearer's benefit, in this case, the wearer being the vaccinated. The article even states that. This is to stop community transmission for those who remain unvaccinated. I don't like that as much as the next person, but if I'm visiting a hospital or a nursing home anytime soon, i'll mask up.
- belorn 5y ago
  At least one of those vaccines are reportedly around 80% effective, so if you got 100 vaccinated people in the party then its about as bad as 20 unvaccinated people partying. If a celebrity many different people per week, 20% vulnerability is still a lot. Its better than no protection, but still put the person at a pretty high risk.
  - TheHypnotist 5y ago
    High risk of what? We all know you can get covid if you are vaccinated, it's a matter or the impact to you. If you are vaccinated, your odds of not getting severely ill and/or dying is significantly reduced.
    - belorn 5y ago
      A primary reason why covid restrictions exist around large gatherings is the threat of overloading the health care system. Parties like the above can be problematic in a time of an pandemic even if one disregard covid. Any illness that can spread has the risk of causing additional stress on the health care system. I know for example some sport activities which has decided to reduce activity on the ground that the sport has the potential of accidents which would then put unnecessary pressure on an already heavily pressured health care system.

TheHypnotist 5y ago

Vaccinated is the key part of the title.

another_kel 5y ago
WHO disagrees https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/25/delta-who-urges-fully-vaccinated-people-to-continue-to-wear-masks-as-variant-spreads.html https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/25/delta-who-urges-fully-vaccin...
- TheHypnotist 5y ago
  That's not for the wearer's benefit, in this case, the wearer being the vaccinated. The article even states that. This is to stop community transmission for those who remain unvaccinated. I don't like that as much as the next person, but if I'm visiting a hospital or a nursing home anytime soon, i'll mask up.
belorn 5y ago
At least one of those vaccines are reportedly around 80% effective, so if you got 100 vaccinated people in the party then its about as bad as 20 unvaccinated people partying. If a celebrity many different people per week, 20% vulnerability is still a lot. Its better than no protection, but still put the person at a pretty high risk.
- TheHypnotist 5y ago
  High risk of what? We all know you can get covid if you are vaccinated, it's a matter or the impact to you. If you are vaccinated, your odds of not getting severely ill and/or dying is significantly reduced.
  - belorn 5y ago
    A primary reason why covid restrictions exist around large gatherings is the threat of overloading the health care system. Parties like the above can be problematic in a time of an pandemic even if one disregard covid. Any illness that can spread has the risk of causing additional stress on the health care system. I know for example some sport activities which has decided to reduce activity on the ground that the sport has the potential of accidents which would then put unnecessary pressure on an already heavily pressured health care system.