The federal government told everybody, if you get vaccinated, you're protected against Covid. But now with these new variants of covid, some people are getting the virus even when vaccinated. If you're vaccinated, you're protected. A few people get it, but not many. And the press just blows it up.
164 million Americans have been vaccinated. Out of that, 125,000 people have acquired covid after being vaccinated. That is a percentage of 0.0077%. It is almost impossible for you to get Covid if you were vaccinated. Not impossible, almost.
1,640 people have died, and all of them have compromised immune systems, even though they got vaccinated. 6,560 people have been hospitalized. That's it. Out of a 164 million people. These stats are from the CDC, the hospitals report to it.
The Delta variant is a problem for unvaccinated people. They are at risk. If you're vaccinated, you are not at risk. If you're not vaccinated by this time, that's your decision and you have a right to make it. But, I'm not wearing a mask to protect you. In Florida there is a flood of cases. All of them unvaccinated, they're in hospitals. This is a very contagious disease. It's bad. If you're not vaccinated, you're going to get hurt. Not if, it's when.
According to the CDC, 60 percent of black Americans are vaccinated. 40 percent of African-Americans not vaccinated. That's a lot. And they spread it among themselves in their communities. A lot of the cases are coming out of the black community. The hard core right is at 30 percent refusing to take the vax. Just not going to do it.
The African-Americans and the far right have something in common. They don't trust the government. Period. They'll never trust the government no matter what the government does or who's in charge, never. And so, when the government says, take the vaccine, they go no. That's it.
If you don't get the vaccine, you're at risk for a very contagious and vicious disease. That's it.
If you did get covid, you carry antibodies that will protect you, but no one knows for how long. If you are vaccinated, you are protected. Don't know when that's going to wear off, but they're working on that (testing) now.