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by ojnabieoot 1773 days ago
> if they do not protect against variants or breakthrough infections?

The vaccines do not provide absolute immunity but they very clearly and obviously provide protection against variants (dramatically reducing the hospitalization and death rate), and against breakthrough infections (dramatically reducing the likelihood of transmission). Your comment is just ignorant misinformation.

The fact that vaccines are not completely bulletproof is known to children and any adult who is interested in a good faith discussion about this: those who have had a flu vaccine are familiar with the very mild form of the flu you can still get. The symptoms are far milder than an unvaccinated flu infection, but vaccines boost your immune system. They do not make you superhumanly immune to disease, and it's preposterous to hold the COVID vaccine to an impossibly high standard.

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> The fact that vaccines are not completely bulletproof is known to children and any adult who is interested in a good faith discussion

Ad hominem!

My point is that the vaccine will _not_ make or break this pandemic. We are stuck with this virus and taking part in an activity - regardless of the risk - is futile if the vaccine itself does not stop the spread. I am personally fine bearing a "full strength" COVID-19 infection, or the clot shot itself, but I don't want to because I don't accept the validity of the screeching masses telling me I must.

That doesn't make me uneducated, it makes me slightly anti-social. Deal with it.