Are breakthrough cases still in the 1-2% rate?
It seems like everywhere I look someone vaccinated is getting covid, and a number of them dying (older people).
I am very stressed about covid again because 5 staff at our daycare now have it. Their mask compliance is shit at work; I know they don’t wear them outside of work. I cannot imagine how freaked out the infant room parents are (3 staff are from infant room).
I just have to get to April and one of my kids can be vaccinated.
That is super frustrating! Judo club is hosting a tournament this weekend with no masks or social distancing and there are 200 entries from 5 states. I think it is SUPER dumb and I’m not sorry at all that we are not helping out.
Ooof. That must be really stressful to have an outbreak at your daycare. Fingers crossed they contained it in time and that none of the kids get it, or get really sick.
If it helps, at least in NY, the vaccine effectiveness against infection is still pretty good. It went down from 91% in May to mid 70s in July when Delta broke out, and has been hovering in the mid-high 70s ever since. Effectiveness against hospitalization was quite high the whole time, and boosters will likely help with the overall infection rate.
The link you shared say that indeed, only 1% of the vaccinated population has had breakthrough cases (in NY at least).
Man, it seems like a lot more than that. Power of the media, I guess.
Yeah, plus a lot of people are vaccinated by this point, so 1% of a really big number is still a pretty big number! Makes sense if you’re hearing about what feels like a lot of cases.
The manager at my ice rink died from covid this weekend. He was vaccinated 
Quite a few people at the rink have had to quarantine due to exposure. Ugh.
SirB’s work is introducing a vaccine mandate. No testing alternative. His direct supervisor isn’t vaxxed. It’ll be interesting to see how this all pans out.
This is not surprising, but scary due to the possibility of mutations.
No thanks! Herd Immunity has a whole new meaning now
Those god damned white tail deer are gunning for us. First with the ticks and now this.
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The Biden administration previously required companies that were federal contractors to require vaccinations, now it’s expanding to all companies with 100 or more employees.
I know my company is going to be scrambling a bit, we’re not direct federal contractors but would like to get business with other companies who are so we’ve already been keeping an eye out for vaccine requirements and does it apply to just our people who work on whatever project or to the whole company, etc. and I guess now we have something of an answer. Presuming the Republicans don’t scuttle this somehow.
Apparently I qualify for a booster in 2 days. I don’t know if I believe in boosters from an ethical standpoint. I hadn’t considered that the opportunity would come up. I’m going to need to do some risk benefit analysis, but my gut says no in first trimester anyway.
If you can keep exposures low, my personal level of comfort is also to wait out the first tri but jump on it ASAP second tri. Pregnant women are unfortunately hit quite hard as a population.
Yeah, I’d want to really avoid covid in later pregnancy. But it wasn’t on my radar at all, as in I didn’t think Canada was doing boosters for everyone yet. But we must have already hit doctors and nurses and psws if it’s my turn.
Additionally I don’t think I’m getting an US until week 11 or 12 at the earliest, so I don’t want to have any self blame
I have qualms about boosters, too. But… I can’t physically personally transfer the doses that are literally sitting around here in Colorado (where cosmetic surgeries are already postponed and “elective” will be next) to where they are really needed, so I got boosted and got my healthy school-age children (ages 9 and 11, so just authorized yesterday!) stuck.
I do not consider these to be global priorities, but it is the best thing I can personally do!
I would also be making the same call. 
My state government is rolling out increasing requirements for people employed in various ways to be vaccinated. There’s been actual protests against it. Also, we’re offering boosters to anyone who’s 6 months past their original vaccination, but in reality this is people who are on the higher risk anyway.
I’m still reading and absorbing the implications of this. 1.7% of people in Papua New Guinea at vaccinated because of antivaccine sentiment. Not because of vaccine access. The importance of cultural awareness when rolling out medical stuff has been critical.
Thats sad
It really is.
Our state is up to 80% had their first vaccine for the 12+ population. We are getting to the point where we have to discuss whether the few unvaccinated family members will be allowed to see our unvaccinated children…