Thread by @MonicaGandhi9

Realistic article by @DLeonhardt walking us through risks to the vaccinated of the delta variant. "In Britain, many people have become comfortable with current Covid risks. Vaccines make serious illness rare in adults, and risks to young children are low"
nytimes.com/2021/09/07/bri…

"There's a feeling we can finally breathe, get back to what we have lost" in UK "Many Americans feel differently. Our level of Covid anxiety is higher, especially in communities that lean to the left politically. ..But at least one part of the American anxiety does seem to have

"become disconnected from the facts in recent weeks: the effectiveness of the vaccines...". Despite recent poll showing many vax'd Americans still think they can get very sick, "In reality, the risks of getting any version of the virus remain small for the vaccinated"

"and the risks of getting badly sick remain minuscule...In Seattle on an average recent day, about one out of every one million vaccinated residents have been admitted to a hospital with Covid symptoms. That risk is so close to zero that the human mind can’t easily process it".

I know it is difficult as being bombarded with fear at every turn (& perhaps the good news about the vaccines seems too good to be true) but I hope @NYT with its excellent reporting can convince you that no need to be scared if vax'd or doubt effectiveness of vax if unvax'd

UK had similarly difficult time as we with COVID but has high rates of vax, messages the (valid) optimism about the vax, kept schools open, & now fear subsiding with incorporation of low level endemic COVID as fact of life with other public health concerns; hope we can too

I am sure left-leaning areas will take 3rd booster more readily if offered to immunocompetent (instead of to high-risk groups like elderly, multiple medical conditions); have mask mandates longer; & close more schools but vax confidence will win out in US too as it did in EU

@DLeonhardt in this brilliant reporting goes a long way to hopefully reverse this trend that the "messaging over the last month in the US has basically served to terrify the vaccinated and make unvaccinated eligible adults doubt the effectiveness of the vaccines?"

History of infectious diseases tells us immunity is only way to get through pandemic. Vax cause immunity (and so does spread of delta in unvax'd adults). Good messaging on our part like this @DLeonhardt piece could help vaccine uptake even more
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