James Hamblin, “a journalist and physician specializing in public health and general preventive medicine” and lecturer at Yale School of Public Health” has a new op-ed out in the Washington Post where he argues that individual Americans will “never” be fully vaccinated:
Perspective: You’re not “fully vaccinated.” It’s a goal for communities or nations, not for individuals. https://t.co/3FoLIp29Aq
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) October 22, 2021
Well, at least they’re saying the quiet part out loud:
You. Never. Will. Be.https://t.co/7cxlRUwXUS pic.twitter.com/Pr7Q1yZIqT
— henning rosenbusch (@rosenbusch_) October 23, 2021
Hamblin argues that the term “fully vaccinated” “better describes the goal across a population”:
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I wrote about the challenges defining "fully vaccinated." The booster debates show it's less concrete of an idea than the phrase implies. At least, for individuals chasing some fully optimized state. The term better describes the goal across a population. https://t.co/0tkyJhLBkF
— James Hamblin (@jameshamblin) October 22, 2021
And everyone else has to get their shots:
“The fact that vaccinated people are dying of covid-19 in the United States reflects no greater failure than that of everyone else to get their shots and drive the virus into obscurity.” https://t.co/8DAyHdSG1s
— sara zarr (@sarazarrbooks) October 24, 2021
This is NOT a “good piece” as we have the Biden administration imposing mandates without any concern over what actually constitutes “fully vaccinated”:
Good piece from @jameshamblin. "Fully vaccinated" is becoming a slippery concept in the booster era. Should people who received a single J&J dose be considered fully vaccinated? What about those who got a single Pfizer dose after recovering from infection?https://t.co/LPdqYV7OLG
— Liz Highleyman (@LizHIVHep) October 24, 2021
And on and on and on it goes:
It's nice when they say the quiet part out loud.
This will never end. They have not incentive for it to end. https://t.co/IzK1S9WVUO
— paulsmitza (@paulsmitza) October 24, 2021
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