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The vaccines are very protective against severe disease, not "useless". Of course that is more important for people over 40 or 50 where severe disease is more common.

For younger people, they don't completely stop transmission, but it's very likely that they slow it down (preventing some infections, lessening the severity of others, etc).

> highly vaccinated area COVID-19 cases are sharply rising

omnicron's effect on healthcare would be a lot worse without majority of people being vaccinated. everyone is anti-vaxx but it's always shocking how many of them clowns are not anti-respirator or anti-ICU.

where is your proof of this statement. this is an assumption, not a fact.

This study[1] shows 70% effectiveness against hospitalization for the Pfizer vaccine (based on a two-dose regime; the level of protection would likely be significantly higher for boosted populations).

I'll leave it to you to do the math on what this would mean for the healthcare system if we take current daily infections and remove that effect.

[1]: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2119270

Vaccinated folk — while still being infectious — have milder forms of the disease. For the unvaccinated Omicron is not mild relative to the OG strain.

You are spreading health misinformation. Please stop it.

>> In any highly vaccinated area COVID-19 cases are sharply rising.

> You are spreading health misinformation. Please stop it.

Chile sees Covid surge despite vaccination success https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-56731801

World's Most Vaccinated Nation Is Spooked by Covid Spike https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/12/business/economy/covid-se...

Vermont sees the biggest surge in COVID cases despite having the country's highest vaccination rate https://fortune.com/2021/08/12/vermont-covid-cases-vaccinati...

Iceland has been a vaccination success. Why is it seeing a coronavirus surge? https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/iceland-covid-su...

99.7% of Waterford adults fully vaccinated against Covid-19 https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-40704104.html

Waterford Now Has Highest Incidence of Covid in Ireland https://waterford-news.ie/2021/10/11/waterford-now-has-highe...

Increases in COVID-19 are unrelated to levels of vaccination across 68 countries and 2947 counties in the United States https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10654-021-00808-7

76% of September Covid-19 deaths are vax breakthroughs https://vermontdailychronicle.com/2021/09/30/76-of-september...

Covid cases hit records in South Korea and Singapore despite widespread vaccinations. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/01/world/covid-cases-hit-rec...

Virus surge hits New England despite high vaccination rates https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-health-pande...

Most vaccinated place on Earth told to cancel holiday plans amid 'exponential' rise in Covid cases https://www.news.com.au/world/coronavirus/global/most-vaccin...

Portugal returns to COVID restrictions despite high jab rate https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-lifestyle-he...

COVID Cases Are Surging in the Five Most Vaccinated States https://www.newsweek.com/covid-cases-are-surging-five-most-v...

Coronavirus outbreak sidelines ship whose crew is fully immunized, Navy says https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2021/12/24/...

Belgian scientific base in Antarctica engulfed by Covid-19 despite strict measures https://www.brusselstimes.com/belgium-all-news/199687/belgia...