Posted by:
Human
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Date: August 22, 2021 09:51AM
This board seems to have a lot of people who believe their vaccination and vaccination passes will keep them safe. You are not safe. Please, for your own safety, don’t behave as if you are. Don’t let your vaccination status lull you into a false sense of security.
Below is from an MD in Seattle:
1. I tested positive for COVID this week, along with 9 of 12 fully vaxxed friends (among others), days after we attended an outdoor wedding (that required proof of vaccination) in one of the lowest-risk states in the country.
2. Thankful for protection against bad outcomes but YALL- uncontrolled spread of the more transmissible #DeltaVariant means that even relatively uncommon events are going to happen in significant numbers.
3. I’m worried about its potential to wipe out ranks of HCWs, many of us vaxxed > 7 months ago = waned immunity relative to much of the public. It’s depressing, but we need to change behaviors in response to the mounting data showing that delta presents a new level of risk.
4. I understand why the focus is on vaccination (as it should be to prevent hospitalizations & deaths & eventually reach herd immunity) but when it comes to getting and spreading COVID, that is unfortunately now only part of the equation.
5. P.S. Very symptomatic. You don’t want it.
https://twitter.com/drmeowza/status/1429221776270135296?s=20Yes, an anecdote, but one I’ve seen numerous times.
If I had school age children, I certainly wouldn’t be sending them to school this Fall. Whether your government locks down or not, the best practice is still to self-isolate as much as possible and to always wear a mask if you go out.
Human
(My worse fear is being realized in Alberta: doctors and nurses are exhausted and are simply walking away from their positions. They are not replaceable.)