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by olliej 1630 days ago
> Too bad the shots don't prevent infection.

Except they do. However the unending plague of unvaccinated people mean that vaccinated people are still getting sick as no vaccine for any disease has ever had 100% effectiveness. Even completely irradiated diseases never had 100% effective vaccines.

Meanwhile we have a large group of unvaccinated people who are creating a breeding ground for mutations that weaken the various vaccines. Eventually new vaccines will be needed to compensate for that, but they will still not be 100% effective.

As long as there exist large groups of unvaccinated groups with no real justification for being unvaccinated, there will be a population of carriers providing a breeding ground for new variants. However unlike the traditional animal hosts any mutation that occurs in the human population is inherently more transmissible to other humans.

Let's quote twitter: Sure vaccinated and unvaccinated people can both catch covid. Similarly, both I and Serena Williams can play tennis.

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I don't know how you managed (or what your sources are) but it looks like pretty much everything you said is untrue.