1/ High-profile and fully vaccinated but immunocompromised:
Colin Powell’s death wrongly seized upon to undermine utility of coronavirus vaccines
washingtonpost.com/politics/powel…
Powell was 84 and had multiple myeloma, prostate cancer, and Parkinson's disease.
Colin Powell’s death wrongly seized upon to undermine utility of coronavirus vaccines
washingtonpost.com/politics/powel…
Powell was 84 and had multiple myeloma, prostate cancer, and Parkinson's disease.
2/ 45% of people with active multiple myeloma developed an adequate response to the Pfizer or Moderna COVID vaccines in this study:
nature.com/articles/s4137…
That means that more than half of people with multiple myeloma who were vaccinated did not respond to vaccination.
nature.com/articles/s4137…
That means that more than half of people with multiple myeloma who were vaccinated did not respond to vaccination.
3/ To protect people who are too young to be vaccinated, elderly & immunocompromised, it is essential that everyone around them ALSO be vaccinated & take reasonable precautions (masking, testing, etc).
People in civilized societies look out for one another.
w/@MSNBC's @nbcaaron
People in civilized societies look out for one another.
w/@MSNBC's @nbcaaron
4/ And, by the way, it's not just about protecting the vulnerable.
Vaccines work synergistically at a population level.
We're all better protected if everyone around us is vaccinated.
That's on top of the protection we get from ourselves being vaccinated.
Vaccines work synergistically at a population level.
We're all better protected if everyone around us is vaccinated.
That's on top of the protection we get from ourselves being vaccinated.
5/ What @TuckerCarlson says below is FALSE.
The more people are vaccinated, the better they are protected, and the better ALL of us are protected.
People spread disinformation like this because it sells and makes them money. Meanwhile, they're doing incalculable harm.
The more people are vaccinated, the better they are protected, and the better ALL of us are protected.
People spread disinformation like this because it sells and makes them money. Meanwhile, they're doing incalculable harm.
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