06-27-2021, 02:18 PM
Lemon Drop wrote:
SARCANY:
"In both Israel and England, many new COVID cases have been from those fully inoculated, about half of those in Israel (recall that they went with Pfizer).
Many of those dead from from the Delta variant have been vaccinated"
What is the source for this information? It does not appear in the link you provided. That link said the outbreak is in unvaccinated people, which we know.
I think Sarcany was probably referring to this part?:
"The U.K. has recorded instances of breakthrough infections and even deaths among vaccinated individuals. Of 117 deaths linked to Delta in the U.K., 50 were among fully vaccinated adults. Scientists and public-health officials say the numbers are small and in line with what might be expected given the effectiveness of the vaccines. All those deaths were in people over 50, who would be expected to account for almost all deaths in the absence of vaccination."
... I would say that it IS concerning that fully vaccinated adults are dying of this. Yes, the numbers are small, but it underscores the idea that just because someone is vaccinated, doesn't mean they can't get the disease or even die from it. (This just personally irks me a bit, because the messaging in this country has consistently been, "if you're vaccinated, you're protected", which is unfortunately an oversimplification and just not correct.)