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Powell is maybe a not unusual break through case. 84 years old, blood cancer, Parkinsons. The older you are, the less vaccines help, and amongst those being treated for multiple myeloma, vaccines only showed a 45% adequate response, 22% showed a little, the rest no protection at all.
I've seen reports that people 65, doubly vaxxed, have about the resistance of someone 40. The over 65 group is the most heavily vaxxed in the US, almost everyone. It used to be generally that if you were over 80, as Powell was, and you got Covid, best say your goodbyes. After the vaccine, the deaths of the elderly dropped precipitously, but they are still vulnerable.
Amongst breakthrough deaths the very elderly are over represented. Colin, and others like him are the ones who pay the price for the unvaccinated. The vaccinated, even being over represented by the elderly, are six times less likely to be infected with covid than the unvaccinated. In all likelihood Colin Powell was killed by someone unvaccinated.
Rates are headed down in the US but people are still dying, the unvaccinated and often the elderly who have underlying conditions. Is an 84 year old person's life valuable? Every single human's life has value. We are losing 1,600 a day, 80,000 new positive tests, every day.
Get the jab, wear a mask, social distance.
I've seen reports that people 65, doubly vaxxed, have about the resistance of someone 40. The over 65 group is the most heavily vaxxed in the US, almost everyone. It used to be generally that if you were over 80, as Powell was, and you got Covid, best say your goodbyes. After the vaccine, the deaths of the elderly dropped precipitously, but they are still vulnerable.
Amongst breakthrough deaths the very elderly are over represented. Colin, and others like him are the ones who pay the price for the unvaccinated. The vaccinated, even being over represented by the elderly, are six times less likely to be infected with covid than the unvaccinated. In all likelihood Colin Powell was killed by someone unvaccinated.
Rates are headed down in the US but people are still dying, the unvaccinated and often the elderly who have underlying conditions. Is an 84 year old person's life valuable? Every single human's life has value. We are losing 1,600 a day, 80,000 new positive tests, every day.
Get the jab, wear a mask, social distance.
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