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by noahtallen 1717 days ago
> So what are the risks of unvaccinated people again?

Dying or taking up a valuable ICU bed. And that’s not just bad for them, but also for anyone else who might have need for ICU, or someone who is medically unable to get the vaccine who is now also at increased risk.

The point isn’t that it magically makes everything perfect, but that at scale, vaccines very much decrease the severity of the pandemic.