Confusing messages from Washington and the authoritarian vaccine drive
MIXED MESSAGES FROM WASHINGTON
This week, U.S. health authorities reversed their position on masks, advising fully vaccinated people to wear them indoors if they live in areas with significant viral spread.
The decision comes days after the White House refused to release numbers of post-vaccination breakthrough Covid-19 infections, insisting that they are “extremely rare.” Speaking during a recent CNN Town Hall, President Joe Biden also said, “You are not going to get Covid if you are vaccinated.” Turns out that neither statement was true.
I write this with what feels like a 300-pound gorilla sitting on my chest and a pretty foggy brain. (Can you tell?). I am fully vaccinated and, yet, down with symptomatic Covid-19. I am also surrounded by vaccinated friends and family — shots ranging from Pfizer to Sinopharm — who have recently caught the virus.
It's true that, after having received vaccines, we are much less likely to develop complications or die, but internal CDC documents leaked to the Washington Post this morning show that our cases are not “extremely rare” at all.