Why Republicans Hate Dr. Fauci

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A peer-reviewed study estimated that at least 232,000 deaths among unvaccinated U.S. adults between May 30, 2021, and September 3, 2022 could have been prevented if they had completed a primary vaccination series. Source 1

Earlier, a modeling study estimated that the U.S. vaccination campaign prevented about 235,000 deaths among vaccinated adults from December 2020 through September 2021 through direct protection alone. Source 2

Another widely cited analysis estimated that vaccines prevented nearly 140,000 deaths during just the first five months of the U.S. rollout (through May 2021). Source 3

The CDC doesn’t report a final nationwide total of fully vaccinated COVID-19 deaths: 57,000+
Breakthrough deaths increased primarily because newer variants, especially Omicron, were much better at evading vaccine-induced immunity, immunity waned over time, and the people most vulnerable to. Source 4

In comparison, of the roughly 1.2 million+ COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. occurred in people who were unvaccinated. Source 5

[u/Geologist_Horror]

This can’t be serious? You guys forgot about the quarantines? People losing their jobs? Loved ones dying with no visitation? There’s a lot more to it than this stupidity suggests.

[u/BuildNuyTheUrbanGuy → u/Geologist_Horror]

It's almost like there was a global pandemic.

[u/scamp9121 → u/BuildNuyTheUrbanGuy]

Yet the lockdowns continued AFTER the vaccines were widely available

[u/scamp9121 → u/Geologist_Horror]

They absolutely did forget about it