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Originally Posted by roscoguy
Right you are.  Maybe this has already been discussed elsewhere, but if so, I missed it. " COVID-19 Outbreak Associated with a SARS-CoV-2 R.1 Lineage Variant in a Skilled Nursing Facility After Vaccination Program — Kentucky, March 2021" COVID-19 Outbreak Associated with a SARS-CoV-2 R.1 Lineage Variant in a Skilled Nursing Facility After Vaccination Program — Kentucky, March 2021 | MMWR
Parts of the CDC's summary include: " Vaccine was 86.5% protective against symptomatic illness among residents and 87.1% protective among HCP." and " Although COVID-19 mRNA vaccines demonstrated high efficacy in clinical trials (1), they were not 100% efficacious. Thus, some infections postvaccination are expected.".
So, even though the reported number of cases is statistically minuscule (so far) and even though this outbreak may prove to be an anomaly, using words like 'can't' and 'won't' when talking about the chances of a vaccinated person contracting Covid are just plain wrong. |
You are correct. According to the CDC, there were 5,318 cases among 85,000,000 vaccinated, or 0.008%. So can't and won't are not correct. Nearly impossible and lotto odds improbable are probably better. And a single nursing home in Kentucky statistically means absolutely NOTHING.