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Why are breakthrough COVID cases rising in Mass.? Experts blame waning immunity and surging Delta
The Boston Globe ^ | 20 August 2021 | Camille Caldera

Posted on 08/20/2021 6:54:05 AM PDT by Fractal Trader

There’s no doubt about it: COVID-19 cases among the fully vaccinated are on the rise in Massachusetts.

Between July 10 and July 17, the state recorded about 700 so-called breakthrough cases. Between Aug. 7 and Aug. 14, it tallied almost 2,700 — raising the cumulative number of breakthrough infections to nearly 13,000.

Although most vaccinated individuals have mild cases, some still land in the hospital. As of Wednesday, almost 30 percent of the 439 patients hospitalized for COVID-19 in Massachusetts were fully vaccinated.

RELATED: The latest updates on COVID-19 Experts attribute the state’s uptick in breakthrough cases to a number of factors, including the diminishing protection against COVID-19 offered by the vaccines.

Federal health officials released a statement Wednesday confirming that “available data make very clear” that vaccine protection “begins to decrease over time following the initial doses” — prompting plans for booster shots in coming months.

A study of adults in New York City released Wednesday by the CDC found that vaccine effectiveness against infection declined from 91.7 to 79.8 percent between May 3 and July 25. Vaccine effectiveness against hospitalization was stable throughout the 12 weeks, at 95.3 percent.

The rise in breakthroughs in Massachusetts is “a combination of the immunity starting to wane from the original course of the vaccine, and then Delta,” said Dr. David Hamer, an infectious diseases doctor at Boston Medical Center. The variant has a high viral load that is sometimes “exceeding the protective value of the vaccines,” he explained.

(Excerpt) Read more at bostonglobe.com ...


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Misleading chart:

Indicates only 124 breakthrough deaths, looks small on chart, BUT, total deaths have been averaging 2 or 3 per day. This chart covers only July and August, so total deaths will be around 150 to 200 persons. Therefore 124 breakthrough deaths are somewhere around 50 percent of all deaths!

1 posted on 08/20/2021 6:54:05 AM PDT by Fractal Trader
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To: ransomnote; Jane Long

Ping


2 posted on 08/20/2021 6:54:30 AM PDT by Fractal Trader
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To: Fractal Trader

“Experts” and “fact-checkers” are our gods!


3 posted on 08/20/2021 6:56:15 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy." ― Mao Zedong)
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To: Fractal Trader

MA is doubling down on mandatory vaccines of all kinds.

When it does not work, do more of it!

Clever folks...


4 posted on 08/20/2021 6:56:17 AM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: Fractal Trader

Also, I’m no apologist for the experimental ‘vaccines’, but you’re going to have a fraction of the population who have weak or suppressed immune systems. Those are the people who wont carry antibodies for very long.

I suspect we’ve reached the point where they drug company puppets know they can get more vaccine consumption from boosters than they can from the remaining unvaccinated. That would mean there is a message transition away from how good the vaccines are to how short-lived they are.


5 posted on 08/20/2021 6:58:32 AM PDT by z3n
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Great post—I think the only other point to be made is that Big Pharma messaging becomes PSA messaging—and that proves that we live in a kleptocracy.


6 posted on 08/20/2021 7:03:24 AM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: Fractal Trader

Illegal immigrants by the plane load with 49% covid infection rate. 220,000 last month alone. That’s about 90,000 infected


7 posted on 08/20/2021 7:04:16 AM PDT by stockpirate (Rebellion to tyranny is obedience to God., Where Justice Ends Tyranny Begins)
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I suspect the ones experiencing break thru cases are people who have been vaccinated the longest....

It would be interesting to see when those fully vaccinated people actually got their vaccines doses...and those who ultimately end up getting really sick or dying....

I found this website this morning, it tracks the studies of a bunch of therapeutics including Ivermectin, HCQ and others...

It’s full of information if you are interested..

https://ivmmeta.com/


8 posted on 08/20/2021 7:07:02 AM PDT by srmanuel (`)
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To: Fractal Trader

There are no “experts” on COVID. They are all propagandists.

If there were experts, the protocols would not keep changing from day to day.


9 posted on 08/20/2021 7:07:25 AM PDT by Gnome1949
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“Big Pharma messaging becomes PSA messaging...”

~~~

You noticed that too?
I bet we aren’t the only ones.

I’ll raise you one level.
Not only is the PSA messaging in virtual agreement with big pharma, but anyone who takes to social media to disagree with the message gets digitally erased


10 posted on 08/20/2021 7:08:33 AM PDT by z3n
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Just explained this last night to a friend who very emotionally implored me to take the shot.

Let’s see:

Get vaccination you won’t get sick.

A few manufacturers requires 1 shot, while a few others require 2 shots.

Efficacy sold at being nearly 100%(probability of that number is uhm...zero)

“Breakthrough” “***Cases***” begin to appear.(I’m shocked and sarcastic)

I began telling everyone “Gee, with all these Breakthrough Cases seems like a booster is gonna be needed”(whut?! Noooo!)

Then just like that we start hearing the next pitch “You won’t get as sick....if you take ...cough, cough...the uhm...vaccine”(really? Thought it was a vaccine...)

Now we are learning all the guinea pigs might not actually be vaccinated and the goo shot has gone from near 100% efficacy to some studies showing they are less than 50% effective or losing their super hero staying power as time goes on and guess what?

Now you need a booster...

Beware the BioPharma Industrial Complex


11 posted on 08/20/2021 7:12:22 AM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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LAMBDO! They are lying to you. From central and South America.


12 posted on 08/20/2021 7:14:38 AM PDT by suekas
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Experts say this? Why not ask them what happened to the first 18 covids now called sars? How come so many vets are suffering or dying from agent orange, a weed killer? Why are we afraid of falling debris from outer space when we put it there?

When man first started, he/she was afraid of everything because they didn’t know what to be afraid of. Now we are told what to be afraid of and given the chance to be so until the next great fear surfaces. And those that know the difference between fear and baiting are called politicians. They are also the ones expected to protect us from it. Their way? Find something, or create something, worse.

wy69


13 posted on 08/20/2021 7:17:15 AM PDT by whitney69
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Great post—I think the only other point to be made is that Big Pharma messaging becomes PSA messaging—and that proves that we live in a kleptocracy.

That's nothing new. Remember the "Crying Indian" for the "Keep America Beautiful" PSA? Well, here's the 'Rest of the Story'....

Heather Rogers, creator of the 2005 documentary film Gone Tomorrow. The Hidden Life of Garbage and book of the same name, classifies Keep America Beautiful as one of the first greenwashing corporate fronts, alleging that the group was created in response to Vermont's 1953 attempt to legislate a mandatory deposit to be paid at point of purchase on disposable beverage containers and banning the sale of beer in non-refillable bottles. .

Keep America Beautiful's narrow focus on litter, and description of the modern concept of litter, is seen as an attempt to divert an extended producer responsibility from the industries that manufacture and sell disposable products to the consumers who improperly dispose of the related non-returnable wrappers, filters, and beverage containers. .

Elizabeth Royte, author of Garbage Land, describes Keep America Beautiful as a "masterful example of corporate greenwash", writing that in contrast to its anti-litter campaigns, it ignores the potential of recycling legislation and resists changes to packaging. .

The tobacco industry developed programs with Keep America Beautiful that focused on cigarette litter solutions acceptable to the tobacco industry such as volunteer clean-ups and ashtrays, instead of smokefree policies at parks and beaches. The tobacco industry has funded Keep America Beautiful and similar organizations internationally.

14 posted on 08/20/2021 7:18:20 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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...and, climate change.


15 posted on 08/20/2021 7:27:38 AM PDT by moovova (Yo GOP....we won't forget.)
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To: Fractal Trader

16 posted on 08/20/2021 8:12:36 AM PDT by USMC79to83
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I suspect that the reason the “breakthrough” cases are increasing in certain Blue states is that the population put their trust in mRNA and not in basic nutrition supplementation. Why take vitamin C, D3, Zinc, and so forth when “the jab” will protect me?
17 posted on 08/20/2021 8:13:13 AM PDT by asinclair (Political hot air is a renewable energy resource)
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Bookmark


18 posted on 08/20/2021 8:48:04 AM PDT by Marcell
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To: Fractal Trader

How about the Vaxs never worked period!


19 posted on 08/20/2021 10:00:56 AM PDT by Harpotoo (Being a socialist is a lot easier than having to WORK like the rest of US:-))
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How about the Vaxs never worked period!

Maybe I missed it, but have there been any studies made public proving that the vaccine has been effective and reducing infections?

If this data was available, I can only assume the media and government would be pushing it 24/7. Or what if the data about the vaccines is showing the opposite and it's getting covered up.
20 posted on 08/20/2021 10:07:08 AM PDT by SlipperySlope99
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