Are you fully vaccinated but worried about Delta? You’re not alone.
In my latest for @TheAtlantic, I explain why everyone needs to relax. The vaccines are still working just fine.
theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
In my latest for @TheAtlantic, I explain why everyone needs to relax. The vaccines are still working just fine.
theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
I understand everyone’s concern. Delta cases are surging nationally.
Some pharmaceutical companies say their vaccines hold up, while others are less sure.
And in the aftermath of the Provincetown outbreak, hot vax summer started feeling more like hot mask summer overnight.
Some pharmaceutical companies say their vaccines hold up, while others are less sure.
And in the aftermath of the Provincetown outbreak, hot vax summer started feeling more like hot mask summer overnight.
Misleading headlines and leaked slides added to everyones worry. Everyone is asking me:
“I’m fully vaccinated…but do the shots still protect me?”
Of course they do.
The vaccines are incredible, but they’re not perfect. They never were.
“I’m fully vaccinated…but do the shots still protect me?”
Of course they do.
The vaccines are incredible, but they’re not perfect. They never were.
We always expected breakthrough infections. And as more people get vaccinated, we expect more infections in vaccinated people.
Do you know someone who got Covid despite being fully vaccinated? Probably. Me too. But that doesn’t mean the vaccines aren’t working.
Do you know someone who got Covid despite being fully vaccinated? Probably. Me too. But that doesn’t mean the vaccines aren’t working.
Yes, Delta has shaved a few points off the vaccines’ ability to prevent symptomatic illness.
But they still perform beyond our most optimistic projections at the thing that matters most: keeping people alive.
But they still perform beyond our most optimistic projections at the thing that matters most: keeping people alive.
Even with Delta, the likelihood of severe illness if you’re fully immunized is still a small fraction of the likelihood for the unvaccinated.
In other words, nearly every COVID-19-related death right now is preventable with vaccination.
In other words, nearly every COVID-19-related death right now is preventable with vaccination.
That’s why, for the unvaccinated, right now may be the most dangerous time of the pandemic.
For the fully immunized, I cover what all the recent news means for you in the piece.
theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
For the fully immunized, I cover what all the recent news means for you in the piece.
theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
Yes, we now face a more formidable foe with Delta.
The war has indeed changed.
But the tools we need to win it haven’t.
So let’s all take a deep breath. The vaccines are working just fine.
theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
The war has indeed changed.
But the tools we need to win it haven’t.
So let’s all take a deep breath. The vaccines are working just fine.
theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
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