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Two Triple Vaccinated Israeli Doctors Infected with Omicron

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Re: Two Triple Vaccinated Israeli Doctors Infected with Omicron

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My favorite part is the invocation of counter-terrorism measures:

Israel shut its borders to foreigners from all countries for 14 days on Saturday to try to contain the spread of Omicron and has reintroduced counter-terrorism phone-tracking technology to trace contacts of a handful of people who have likely been infected.

Re: Two Triple Vaccinated Israeli Doctors Infected with Omicron

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How is this news? We've known for some time that the vaccines are leaky, and they appear to be working in regards to keeping the doctors out of the hospital and only afflicted with mild symptoms.

We've entered a culture fueled by indignation, where every apparent slight contradiction is waved like a flag and denounced as a conspiracy.

Reality is nuanced. That's all been lost in public discourse. Because there's no thrill in that.

Re: Two Triple Vaccinated Israeli Doctors Infected with Omicron

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The media really needs to slow their roll, a lot. Two people having breakthrough infections for any variant is not at all unlikely, and this is absolutely not evidence that Omicron is more likely to lead to breakthrough infections. In fact it would only be actually newsworthy if Omicron _didn’t_ break through.

And the pointless emotional fact that they are doctors, as if any virus considers ones CV. And the excessive use of “probably” in this story.

I get that COVID was a ~bane~ (I meant boon) for the news industry and that people scared shitless are more likely to click but this shit is getting borderline irresponsible.

Re: Two Triple Vaccinated Israeli Doctors Infected with Omicron

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How is this news? We've known for some time that the vaccines are leaky, and they appear to be working in regards to keeping the doctors out of the hospital and only afflicted with mild symptoms.

i agree with you, but i am having a lot of difficulty convincing most people i know that the current vaccines are leaky. i find most people still consider the current vaccines to neutralize the virus and they often begin to question why i don't understand how vaccines work...

Re: Two Triple Vaccinated Israeli Doctors Infected with Omicron

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How is this news? We've known for some time that the vaccines are leaky, and they appear to be working in regards to keeping the doctors out of the hospital and only afflicted with mild symptoms.

Exactly. To be perfectly honest, if Omicron had 100% breakthrough rate but still was 95% effective at preventing severe disease and hospitalization, that is still amazing. In the developed world where vaccines are incredibly easy to obtain, we need to move on.

Yes we need to protect the people who can’t receive a vaccine, and we need to help the world distribute the vaccine but we need to stop this constant state of emergency

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