Generalizing from a July 4th party weekend in a bunch of sweaty, crowded Provincetown bars where folks were no doubt getting it on in all kinds of unprotected ways (fueled by all kinds of immune system-weakening substances) is NOT my idea of rigorous scientific methodology.

Nationwide, the rate of "breakthrough" cases in fully vaxx'd people is < 1%. It's 100% obvious (!) that even if they're carrying a high viral load, the relative danger from them vs. the unvaxx'd is minuscule. Why don't the CDC and media highlight this? Why the panic-mongering?

“Frankly irresponsible.” slate.com/news-and-polit… via Slate

We're increasingly seeing a life of permanent masking and "distancing" predicted as the BEST-CASE scenario. If COVID recedes to endemic level, we'll all have to be shunning and protecting ourselves from one another in perpetuity. Welcome to your future. france24.com/en/live-news/2…

Jazzmanchgo Andrew Lilico The lockdowns were only ever introduced to ensure health system didn’t collapse. Florida coped so the Governor made the right call.

Most comorbidities are highly associated w/ poverty & unhealthy living conditions (incl. poor nutrition). Most of the "red" vaxx/mask resisters are also opposed to policies to address inequality; most of the "blue" progressives who WANT such policies have backed themselves . . .

@Listen49698651 No way. Dems have way too much invested in this entire apparatus. I bet it doesn’t go away until every one of them is voted out.

What Officials Recommend Memorial Day Weekend as City Reaches ‘High' COVID Level nbcchicago.com/news/coronavir…

Meanwhile, though, the damage done by the anti-vaxx movement may just be beginning . . . nytimes.com/2022/05/25/mag…