Vaccines - Are We Still Dealing With Delta?

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Noam Chomsky: Are we still dealing with this delta variant? Has that been a big hickup in not being where we want to be in terms of these rates going up? Is it just that it's that much more transmissible? Yet, delta was certainly a big blow when it came to our mementum in getting folks to get faccinated.

You’re six to ten times LESS likely to catch COVID-19 if you’re vaccinated, and thus less likely to infect others. Great! But what about breakthrough cases? Who’s at risk for them? How many folks haven’t gotten vaccinated? Should pregnant people get the ol’ jab, what might happen with transmission rates in 2022, yearly booster questions, the ethics of vaccine distribution, myocarditis, Long COVID, quarantine fatigue and essentially whether the holidays are a good idea.

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