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July: 65% vax/35% unvax, 17%/83%, 17/65 = 0.26, 83/35 = 2.37 October: 85%/15%, 60%/40%, 60/85 = 0.7, 40/15 = 2.67 In other words, vaccinated seniors were mor

July: 65% vax/35% unvax, 17%/83%, 17/65 = 0.26, 83/35 = 2.37 October: 85%/15%, 60%/40%, 60/85 = 0.7, 40/15 = 2.67 In other words, vaccinated seniors were more likely to develop Covid in October, several months after most of them were vaccinated, than they were in July, but still WAY less likely than unvaccinated seniors, whose likelihood appears to have increased a bit over that timespan. So yes, being vaccinated does not mean you’re free to act like we did two years ago. It does mean that you’re still far less likely to catch and pass on Covid than your unvaccinated peers, just not as vanishingly unlikely as you were before your immunity started wearing off. I’d love to see these same numbers now that a lot of older Germans have gotten their boosters.

vikingerik 5y ago
> So yes, being vaccinated does not mean you’re free to act like we did two years ago. When are you free to do that? Covid is never going away, there's nothing else to wait for. Is the answer to that just never?
- tazjin 5y ago
  The answer to that is to make the decision for yourself and then move to an appropriate area of the world where the policies match your decision. Some areas will stick to this for a very long time because it's now part of an identity for many people.
  - peteradio 5y ago
    "just move to another area of the world" This idea should have a name at this point. It's trotted out as a fix for some otherwise intractable problem without any hint of irony that practically nobody has the means to accomplish this. I see it brought up as a solution to so many problems its hilarious.