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Old 12-08-2022, 09:06 AM
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Originally Posted by sdeikenberry View Post
Unlike other vaccinations, being vaccinated for COVID does not prevent you from getting COVID. The purpose of being vaccinated is that it greatly lessens the symptoms and usually prevents hospitalization.
It also reduces the risk of contracting it in the first place. notice - "reduces the risk." That means something that isn't equal to "prevents." It doesn't prevent you from getting COVID. It reduces the risk of getting it.

I know you aren't one of them - but some people reading your post will get hung up on that, as they always do when this subject comes up.