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The biggest WTF part of this is in the subtitle: > Teacher read to class without a mask despite Covid symptoms The key problem with anti-vaxxers isn't even ne

• criticaltinker 5y ago
  > The key problem with anti-vaxxers Before you turn this into a bitter vax versus anti-vax debate through unjustified insinuations about the teacher, you need to acknowledge two important nuances from the CDC report [1]: 1) Causation was not established. The delta variant was likely circulating throughout the entire school. For example, kids across multiple grade levels tested positive (these kids are not in the same classrooms). Also parents and siblings tested positive. It's very plausible that the teacher was not the 'index' case, even considering symptom onset dates (many infections are asymptomatic especially in children). 2) All 3 vaccinated adults were symptomatic, which speaks to the fact that although the vaccines are still effective at preventing severe outcomes, the delta variant has undermined the efficacy at preventing infection (from 91% to 66%) [2]. > Among the five infected adults, one parent and the teacher were unvaccinated; the others were fully vaccinated. The vaccinated adults and one unvaccinated adult were symptomatic [1] https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7035e2.htm https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7035e2.htm [2] https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7034e4.htm https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7034e4.htm