The Delta variant is very concerning as a public health matter. But if you’re vaccinated, you shouldn’t be freaking out, as @aaronecarroll explains in this @nytopinion piece.
If you are unvaccinated, please get vaccinated!
nyti.ms/2Vc8Otk
If you are unvaccinated, please get vaccinated!
nyti.ms/2Vc8Otk
2/ We always knew there would be breakthrough cases, and there have been many (including two friends of mine). But only a minuscule percentage of breakthrough cases have caused severe illness or death.
cnn.it/3C2ftXz
cnn.it/3C2ftXz
3/ If you’re fully vaccinated but feel more comfortable staying at home once again, thanks to Delta, by all means do so. I wouldn’t criticize anyone for making that choice.
The important thing is you got vaccinated. Thank you.
The important thing is you got vaccinated. Thank you.
4/ Speaking for myself, though, I will continue to see friends and family, dine out, shop, go to the gym, and do other things that I did pre-pandemic, especially if they support local businesses or the broader economy.
5/ I should mention that I am “lucky” in a few ways that color my thinking.
First, I already had Covid, and that plus vaccination supposedly confers very strong immunity, including immunity to variants.
First, I already had Covid, and that plus vaccination supposedly confers very strong immunity, including immunity to variants.
6/ Second, my three-year-old son tested positive for Covid recently. Thankfully he was asymptomatic, then finished his quarantine. As a result, I’m not as worried about him as I would otherwise be (since he’s too young to get vaccinated).
7/ Third, as a writer I work from home. So I don’t go out that much anyway, at least compared to the average person, nor do I use mass transit that often (having recently moved from Manhattan to the suburbs).
8/ So as of now—yes, things could change, and the situation is fluid—the Delta variant hasn’t really changed what activities I’m willing to do. I’m back to living a somewhat normal life.
9/ I do wear a mask more often than I did back in June.
We don’t know enough about the degree to which vaccinated people can spread Covid, obviously I don’t want to contribute to that, and masking up is not a big burden.
We don’t know enough about the degree to which vaccinated people can spread Covid, obviously I don’t want to contribute to that, and masking up is not a big burden.
10/ But I don’t think it’s necessary (or productive) to return to a severe lockdown at this point. The vaccines are amazing, and we’ve gotten them precisely so we could live our lives again.
11/ Thanks again to the incredible doctors and scientists who brought us these vaccines!
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