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Media outlets are scrambling to reassure people who received the COVID-19 shot that there is no shame in testing positive for the virus after corporate media overlords guilted red states, Republicans, and the COVID-positive unvaccinated for months. The Washington Post published an article on Thursday urging “self-compassion” for the vaccinated who are caught off guard by contracting COVID-19. Using anecdotes from people who “diligently” and “desperately” went the extra mile to keep away from the virus, the article laments how individuals who got the jab numerous times, masked up, and even stayed home feel like a failure because they fell...

Thousands of people who were double jabbed have died in England between January and September after contracting Covid, new figures show. Data from the Office for National Statistics shows that up to September 34,474 people who were unvaccinated and 4,479 people who were fully vaccinated died with Covid-19 this year. Most of the recorded deaths happened since the start of August, with data showing that 3,208 fully vaccinated people have died after contracting Covid since the first week of August. Go here for the latest coronavirus updates and breaking Covid-19 news Over 10,000 additional fatalities were recorded among people who...

Exactly one month following the start of its fall term, Harvard Business School announced Monday it has moved all of its first-year MBA students and some of its second-year students to remote learning this week due to “a steady rise in breakthrough” COVID-19 infections among its student population. Students, faculty, and staff at universities across the country have feared these types of on-campus breakthrough infections. Harvard requires that all community members—students, faculty, staff, and researchers—be vaccinated. As of Sept. 22 figures, 96% of Harvard employees and 95% of Harvard students were vaccinated. That’s a much higher vaccination rate than the...

As the Covid pandemic continues to defy predictions about when it will finally be ‘over,’ there is a curious phenomenon taking place across the United States and around the globe: Covid-19 case rates increasing alongside vaccination rates.The textbook examples of this disturbing trend are the nations of Israel, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Israel is now experiencing its fourth wave, which is being accompanied by another round of ‘booster shots.’ Israel has 61.5% of all adults “fully vaccinated” (although the use of ‘booster shots’ throws the term into question.)The United Kingdom is experiencing another wave despite 66.5% being...

SONOMA COUNTY, Calif. (KGO) -- At least 39 fully vaccinated people in Sonoma County have come down with coronavirus over the course of the last two and a half months, according to county officials. However, doctors are cautioning against that headline, saying the efficacy rates actually appear to be very strong, and this is not a surprise. "That is exactly what we expected and in fact it's probably better than expected," says Dr. Peter Chin-Hong of UCSF.... "We are not invulnerable just because we are vaccinated, so the vaccine is about 90% effective in preventing any infection, but that is...

The first of what will undoubtedly be many more updates on covid vaccine breakthrough cases. "As of April 3, there were 217 breakthrough cases reported in Washington, according to DOH. This is more than double the number of breakthrough cases DOH reported two weeks ago when the state said it had seen 102 breakthrough cases through March 30." "DOH is investigating three additional suspected deaths related to breakthrough cases. A total of five people are suspected to have died after contracting COVID-19 after being fully vaccinated." "Since DOH first reported breakthrough cases last month, the agency says the median age...