Thread by @ToddZywicki

I think there could be a full-time Twitter feed just for the phrase "Despite being vaccinated." I realize ESPN nowadays might be the single stupidest news source in the galaxy, but why are these guys or anyone else still surprised at this?
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Then literally IN THE SAME ARTICLE that mentions that the cases are among vaccinated players and stuff comes this little chestnut, "Georgia is not requiring fans to show proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test to attend games at Sanford Stadium this season."

I ask again--do these guys literally never stop and ask themselves, "Hmmmm...." Look folks--if you have Pfizer, at about the 4-5 month mark you should assume you are effectively unimmune unless you get an antibodies and/or t-cell test and confirm you still have immunity.

If you had J&J any time this spring, given the low original efficacy and the lack of any data to the contrary, you should assume you are essentially unimmune unless you confirm your antibodies level.

It is simply irresponsible for most vaccinated people who are more than 4-5 months post-vaccine to assume they are immune to contracting and spreading Covid. And the media's constant downplaying of "rare" breakthrough infections IS NOT HELPING.

We know the media wants to overplay the benefits of the vaccines and downplay their weaknesses (waning and variants). But giving vaxxed people a false sense of security that they are invincible leads to not monitoring immunity level and not taking appropriate precautions.

This has always been my point--monitoring people's immunity levels, whether vaxxed or NI, is essential. We have millions of people strutting around out there thinking they have immunity because they were vaccinated in February or March.

We need to stop focusing on vaccine status and start focusing on immunity status. We know vaccines provide imperfect protection against infection. They are less effective against Delta. And the protection wanes fast. People need to know that!

it is sad and astonishing how many stories you read about vaccinated people in the hospital who are shocked they got a breakthrough infection. Nobody should be shocked at this point. Accurate information will help people take better care of themselves and those around them.

It reminds me of the big story a few weeks back in the NYT that profiled unvaxxed people who were hospitalized and asked why they were unvaxxed. Several of them said, "Because I was told that if I wore a mask whenever I went out I wouldn't get Covid."

Science, not reassuring propaganda, is the way out of all this. Propaganda just makes matters worse.