Unvaccinated people are 4.4 times more likely to catch Covid and 15.4 times more likely to die from Covid

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Originally published at: Unvaccinated people are 4.4 times more likely to catch Covid and 15.4 times more likely to die from Covid | Boing Boing

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As if any number without a dollar sign attached to it means something to the kind of dope who chooses not to get vaccinated for political reasons.

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And if everyone were vaccinated, hospitals wouldn’t be overflowing with patients, so people with other illnesses or injuries could get treatment too.

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We thank you for the taste test so that we don’t have to do it ourselves.

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“I can’t believe it’s not butter apple-flavoured shit”
“Eight out of ten medical workers say their patients prefer apple-flavoured shit”

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Science denying folks won’t understand that math, they can’t even figure out the science or even common sense.

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I am not a statistician, but does that mean the vaccines have about a 75% efficacy now? Including the delta variant, and across the three vaccines available in that state.

Edit: okay, more like 77% at preventing illness and 94% at preventing death.

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That sounds about right, and it tracks with what the experts have been saying since delta came on the scene.

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And while we are striking out at medical quackery, your ads below the article are showing shit like:

Doctor Discovers Natural Solution for Macular Degeneration

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I’m still trying to get the antivax nutjob around here to understand how fans work.

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TBH, it was a stroke of genius putting the tracking chips in horse de-wormer.

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Sorry but I get all of my medical info from my craziest relatives on facebook.

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Sunglasses? Wide brimmed hats? I mean, quackery is bad, but there are “natural” ways to reduce likelihood of macular degeneration.

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That’s brilliant. I’m going to scare some Trump fans with that.

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Or, you can choose to hit on twenty.

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Makes me think of a line from St. Elsewhere that went something like, “every surgery is elective until it isn’t.” I really feel for the people who are being forced to delay important surgeries and such because hospitals have no staff or facilities to accommodate them.

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Still playing in my favorite Facebook group where I posted that article.

I was told the unvaccinated are dying because they are going to the hospital when they should be contacting America’s frontline doctors to get ivermectin. To that I responded with this great Time article about that group to which I was told, of course, fake news.

“‘America’s Frontline Doctors’ Peddle Bogus COVID-19 Treatment | Time” 'America's Frontline Doctors' Peddle Bogus COVID-19 Treatment | Time

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And there are “natural” ways to stop COVID - wearing a fucking mask and getting a fucking vaccine. Doesn’t mean horse paste, nor that link, is legitimate.

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Agreed. And if the links were natural doctor designed/authorized hats or shades, they likely be ten times overpriced. It just brought to mind the technically honest advertisement that sold a penis enlarger that turned out to be a magnifying glass.

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