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Old 04-29-2021, 12:16 PM
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Originally Posted by GrumpyOldMan View Post
And over 99.9% ( I made that number up, it is meant to be "vast majority) of those vaccinated will not die if they do catch it.
No need to make the number up, one review of real-world data showed about 1.2% of breakthrough cases resulted in death. So about 98.8% of those vaccinated who are known to have caught it did not die.
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