As COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations creep up during a summer wave of heightened virus activity, updated vaccines are still likely weeks away.
Why it matters:
- Americans have largely tuned out COVID, but the latest COVID uptick is a reminder that the virus continues to circulate and mutate — though the threat is far below pandemic-era levels.
- Health officials face a challenge convincing a pandemic-fatigued public to get an updated COVID shot, as vaccine uptake has declined with each successive booster.
You are incorrect. Vaccinated individuals can be carriers of an infection, but vaccines do lower the spread of COVID-19. They can reduce the amount of time you are contagious or prevent you from being meaningfully infected whatsoever. Meaningful difference.
Yeah but it’s not 100% effective so I don’t think the commenter you’re replying to is able to comprehend. I’ve decided that the people who say that about the vaccine don’t understand risk as a percentage or chance at all.
Could be lol. Then you have stuff like the Monty Hall problem that even smart people can struggle to wrap their heads around. Probability is complicated.