{"id":42869,"date":"2021-08-10T12:46:02","date_gmt":"2021-08-10T16:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=42869"},"modified":"2021-08-10T12:46:02","modified_gmt":"2021-08-10T16:46:02","slug":"does-the-vaccine-work-or-not","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=42869","title":{"rendered":"Does The Vaccine Work Or Not?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/health\/2021\/08\/09\/massachusetts-coronavirus-data-average-age-breakthrough-case-deaths-82-5\/?fbclid=IwAR2qTO3FD7oe2LpYlP-O7vwZXdLhRVzgOOCbv_ZXFELM4InKH9CHtpHA13I\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Breitbart<\/a> posted an article about breakthrough cases of the coronavirus in Massachusetts. The article notes that according to the Mayo Clinic vaccine tracker, Massachusetts is the second-most vaccinated state in the country. Vermont is first and Maine is third.<\/p>\n<p>The article reports:<\/p>\n<p class=\"subheading\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Data from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) released on Monday shows the average age of vaccinated individuals who have died from coronavirus is 82.5 years old and that 73 percent of those who died had underlying conditions.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>The new data revealed 395 hospitalizations and 100 deaths have occurred from breakthrough coronavirus cases, according to a\u00a0<em>Boston Herald<\/em>\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonherald.com\/2021\/08\/08\/massachusetts-coronavirus-breakthrough-deaths-73-had-underlying-conditions-median-age-was-82-5\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">report<\/a>. Breakthrough cases refer to individuals who have been infected with the virus after being fully vaccinated.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The article notes:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Massachusetts\u2019 pandemic low\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mass.gov\/info-details\/covid-19-response-reporting#covid-19-interactive-data-dashboard-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">occurred<\/a>\u00a0in June 2021 when the seven-day average of new overall cases was down to 64.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>The department said in a statement that the latest breakthrough case numbers were \u201cincredibly low\u201d and \u201ceven lower\u201d for those who were hospitalized or died.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>\u201cAll available data continue to support that all 3 vaccines used in the US are highly protective against severe disease and death from all known variants of COVID-19,\u201d DPH stated. \u201cThe best way to protect yourself and your loved ones is to get vaccinated.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>More than 4.3 million Massachusetts residents out of the state\u2019s population of about 6.9 million have been vaccinated. One hundred breakthrough deaths, therefore, represent 0.002 percent of all fully vaccinated individuals.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>The 82.5-year-old median age of the deaths is about five years\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/nchs\/data\/vsrr\/vsrr015-508.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">older<\/a>\u00a0than the U.S. average life expectancy, which is 77.3 years old as of last year.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Every life is important, but the last sentence illustrates how ridiculous the fear-mongering about this virus is. If you choose to be vaccinated, that&#8217;s fine. If you have had the coronavirus, research indicates that you have immunity. There is no reason to be vaccinated. Take basic precautions&#8211;wash your hands, avoid sick people, and practice basic hygiene. However, don&#8217;t give up your freedom because of a pandemic that has a very low death rate.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday Breitbart posted an article about breakthrough cases of the coronavirus in Massachusetts. The article notes that according to the Mayo Clinic vaccine tracker, Massachusetts is the second-most vaccinated state in the country. Vermont is first and Maine is third. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=42869\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[14147,10348,12501,12877,142],"class_list":["post-42869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-breakthrough-covid-19-cases","tag-breitbart","tag-coronavirus","tag-coronavirus-vaccine","tag-massachusetts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=42869"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42869\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42870,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42869\/revisions\/42870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=42869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=42869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}