Covid? What Natural Immunity, New Science Asks, page-29

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SITTING DUCKS

what drives antivaxx muppets and twerps to make irresponsible statements like the one above that "the unvaccinated aren't dying"?

is it solely the protection provided by anonymity so that no one ever knows the real identity of presumably otherwise rational people parading such gross stupidity.

yet they still have to live with themselves, which implies personal ethics and self reflection aren't their strong suites.

where is the personal satisfaction for antivaxxers knowing they are part of a criminal conspiracy to harm others by promoting vaccine hesitancy through lies and misinformation.

a report today running on ABC News app demonstrates the vacuum at the heart of antivaxx.

"July marks a high point for Australian COVID-19 deaths, but signs of a plateau are emerging"

"Recent Victorian mortality data underscored the protection offered by COVID-19 vaccines, with one third of deaths in the first half of 2022 occurring in unvaccinated people, despite them only making up less than 5 per cent of the population," ABC reported.

this quote was a reference to a longer report that ran on ABC News on July 21, the start of which follows.

"As Victorians face another COVID-19 surge, mortality data shows how vaccinations are saving lives"

"Newly released mortality data shows one-third of Victorians who died with COVID-19 in the first half of this year were unvaccinated, despite the unvaccinated cohort making up just 4 per cent of the state's over-12 population.

"Experts say the data is unsurprising but supports what is known about the effectiveness of the existing vaccines?

"Between January 1 and June 28 there were 2,171 deaths in the state related to COVID-19, just over half of the more than 4,200 such deaths recorded in Victoria since the pandemic began.

"The data — provided to the ABC by Victoria's health department — showed that 799 people (37 per cent) who died during that period of time with COVID-19 had received no vaccine doses, while just 58 (3 per cent) of those who died had received four vaccine doses.

"Those who had not received a third vaccine dose made up 72 per cent those who died with, or due to, COVID-19.

"University of Melbourne epidemiologist Tony Blakely described the data as "interesting and unsurprising".

""The effectiveness of vaccines at preventing death is exactly as we expected — huge," Professor Blakely said.

"He said using a basic calculation, the data showed a person having one or more doses of a COVID-19 vaccine reduced their chance of dying by 93 per cent, compared with a person who had received no doses.

""There's more good news: If you've have three or four doses, your protection will be even higher than that," he added."

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it's hard to see the unvaccinated as anything than SITTING DUCKS.