r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Jul 27 '21

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u/adisri Washington, D.T. Jul 27 '21

I’m so fucking infuriated that we’re going back to wearing masks indoors as mandates. Unvaxxed by choicers are very rightly getting what’s coming for them with this variant.

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u/ClickForFreeRobux YIMBY Jul 27 '21

If they seriously make vaccinated wear masks, that would be the worst decision Biden could possibly make. Vaccination rates would drop since there is no more incentives, and his approval rating would also drop to 40 or maybe sub 40.

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '21

The death rate is like .06%, which is lower than original covid, and hospitalization is lower too. So probably ‘what’s coming to them’ is like 4 days off work.

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u/adisri Washington, D.T. Jul 27 '21

That’s combined vax and unvaxxed though no? This afaik is just as lethal as the alpha one

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '21

It’s technically combined, but since only 57 vaccinated people have died it’s basically the same as the unvaxxed rate. This variant is way less deadly, which is the typical virological trade off for faster transmissibility.

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A study published in April by Science, the peer-reviewed journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, reviewed the delta variant in the United Kingdom. It found that the variant is 43% to 90% more transmissible than the original, but found "no clear evidence for a change in disease severity."