> More vaccinations mean better protection for everybody - this is the whole point. One can agree with that while at the same time acknowledging that the vacci

> More vaccinations mean better protection for everybody - this is the whole point. One can agree with that while at the same time acknowledging that the vaccines aren't anywhere near 100% protective. The science says that neutralizing antibodies that are produced after vaccination wane quickly (in months) and vaccinated individuals can still get and transmit the virus. And guess what? The serious breakthrough cases appear to be happening most often in the very groups of people who are most at risk when unvaccinated -- the immunocompromised, the elderly, the overweight and obese, and the diabetic. In short, everyone who is SARS-CoV-2 naive should seriously consider getting vaccinated if they haven't been already because it generally provides strong protection against hospitalization and death, but when assessing individual risk, let's not pretend that the risk of severe outcomes is equal in all people. COVID is an opportunity to talk about metabolic health that we're sadly largely missing.