Current Events > Five undervaccinated clusters in US is putting rest of US at risk

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https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/08/health/undervaccinated-clusters-covid-risk/index.html

A new data analysis identifies clusters of unvaccinated people, most of them in the southern United States, that are vulnerable to surges in Covid-19 cases and could become breeding grounds for even more deadly Covid-19 variants. The analysis by researchers at Georgetown University identified 30 clusters of counties with low vaccination rates and significant population sizes. The five most significant of those clusters are sprawled across large swaths of the southeastern United States and a smaller portion in the Midwest. he five clusters are largely in parts of eight states, starting in the east in Georgia and stretching west to Texas and north to southern Missouri. The clusters also include parts of Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Tennessee, and are made up of mostly smaller counties but also cities such as Montgomery, Alabama; Shreveport, Louisiana; and Amarillo, Texas.
Most of these states are currently seeing increases in Covid-19 cases.

These clusters of unvaccinated people are what is standing in the way of us putting this virus down permanently," said Dr. Jonathan Reiner, a CNN medical analyst and professor of medicine and surgery at George Washington University. The Delta variant, which now comprises more than half the cases in the United States, is the latest in a long string of Covid-19 variants that have spread more easily and in some cases caused more severe illness. That's why the clusters are so worrisome. Each time a virus spreads, it has an opportunity to learn how to mutate. "We know that if you give the virus the opportunity to circulate and replicate, you give it the opportunity to generate more variants," Dr. Anthony Fauci, President Joe Biden's chief medical adviser, told CNN. The Delta variant has learned how to evade Covid-19 vaccines to a small degree, but they still offer excellent protection against severe disease and hospitalization. The fear is that the next variant might be able to outsmart the vaccine more thoroughly, causing problems even for parts of the country that have high vaccination rates. "We've been lucky with the variants so far that they've been relatively susceptible to our vaccine, but the more you roll the dice, the more opportunities there will be for a resistant variant," Reiner said.





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Again, why did we fight to keep them? Republicans and the south are the only thing really holding this country back.

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Yeah, Southern Missouri fucking sucks.

Ooo I cant wait for the good people of CE to tell us how to solve this situation. What do you say fellas, how you wanna play this? Forced vaccinations? Vaccine passport? Fines? Kick them outta the country?

I cant wait to hear all your brilliant and reasonable ideas on how you would solve this problem.

Wow, that's less Tennessee coverage than I was expecting

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Bleuets posted...

Ooo I cant wait for the good people of CE to tell us how to solve this situation. What do you say fellas, how you wanna play this? Forced vaccinations? Vaccine passport? Fines? Kick them outta the country?

I cant wait to hear all your brilliant and reasonable ideas on how you would solve this problem.

Raise healthcare premiums. Other things can be considered risk factors, why not this?

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Bleuets posted...

Ooo I cant wait for the good people of CE to tell us how to solve this situation. What do you say fellas, how you wanna play this? Forced vaccinations? Vaccine passport? Fines? Kick them outta the country?

I cant wait to hear all your brilliant and reasonable ideas on how you would solve this problem.

Im good with kicking them out. Nice suggestion, bro.

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Bleuets posted...

Ooo I cant wait for the good people of CE to tell us how to solve this situation. What do you say fellas, how you wanna play this? Forced vaccinations? Vaccine passport? Fines? Kick them outta the country?

I cant wait to hear all your brilliant and reasonable ideas on how you would solve this problem.

Easy. Mask mandates and enforced social distancing for these states.

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Bleuets posted...

Ooo I cant wait for the good people of CE to tell us how to solve this situation. What do you say fellas, how you wanna play this? Forced vaccinations? Vaccine passport? Fines? Kick them outta the country?

I cant wait to hear all your brilliant and reasonable ideas on how you would solve this problem.

Can't solve willful and belligerent ignorance.

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Bleuets posted...

Ooo I cant wait for the good people of CE to tell us how to solve this situation. What do you say fellas, how you wanna play this? Forced vaccinations? Vaccine passport? Fines? Kick them outta the country?

I cant wait to hear all your brilliant and reasonable ideas on how you would solve this problem.

They'll probably say death penalty as usual.

trappedunderice posted...

They'll probably say death penalty as usual.

I mean, considering they arent vaccinated that is the inevitable result for a lot of them. Theyve given themselves the death penalty.

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Bleuets posted...

Ooo I cant wait for the good people of CE to tell us how to solve this situation. What do you say fellas, how you wanna play this? Forced vaccinations? Vaccine passport? Fines? Kick them outta the country?

I cant wait to hear all your brilliant and reasonable ideas on how you would solve this problem.

Bring back lockdown restrictions permanently (as in comparable to New Zealand's Level 4, if not stricter), but only for those who refuse to vaccinate due to conspiracist and/or "religious" reasons. Exempt those with an actual valid medical reason.

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Bleuets posted...

Ooo I cant wait for the good people of CE to tell us how to solve this situation. What do you say fellas, how you wanna play this? Forced vaccinations? Vaccine passport? Fines? Kick them outta the country?

I cant wait to hear all your brilliant and reasonable ideas on how you would solve this problem.

what do YOU think we should do about this? these people are making a conscious decision that puts EVERYONE else at risk. they are denying science in favor of conspiracy bullshit. do we just do nothing and accept the deaths?

if the consequences of their actions simply meant these people died, then fine, go right ahead. but their poor choices have a significant chance of hurting other people, even those of us who are doing the right thing and getting vaccinated.

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I might be wrong but I think Bleuets is one of the CEmen that has bragged about not being vaccinated. Just wanted to put that out there

Giant_Aspirin posted...

what do YOU think we should do about this? these people are making a conscious decision that puts EVERYONE else at risk. they are denying science in favor of conspiracy bullshit. do we just do nothing and accept the deaths?

The most likely thing that's going to happen is it's going to keep mutating into a strain that will render the vaccine less effective against it.

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Alucard188 posted...

The most likely thing that's going to happen is it's going to keep mutating into a strain that will render the vaccine less effective against it.

which is precisely why we need to nip this in the bud now. but i guess these people's mUh FrEeDoMs are more important than the lives of everyone else, at least in their minds.

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TheVipaGTS posted...

Again, why did we fight to keep them? Republicans and the south are the only thing really holding this country back.

uh wasn't the alternative slavery

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Keep in mind these are the same people who still believe it's a "democrat hoax created by 5G in a chinese lab".

While at the same time Bill Gates put microchips in the vaccine which will kill them and gives them the mark of the beast.

They're beyond hope.

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TheVipaGTS posted...

Im good with kicking them out. Nice suggestion, bro.

Interesting

ElatedVenusaur.

I know a lot of my POC friends and coworkers are distrustful of the vaccine.

Hey @ElatedVenusaur this Vipa person wants your friends and coworkers kicked out of the country.


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Im really just hoping you leave.

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Simon_Gruber posted...

Yeah, Southern Missouri fucking sucks.

There is a decent sized county in southern Missouri that has 11% vac rate last I checked.

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The American south is like a gangrenous infection that we need to cut off to protect the rest of the body.

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Those are just the typical underserved very remote rural areas. Health services in general aren't exactly available in many of those areas.
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Zikten posted...

I might be wrong but I think Bleuets is one of the CEmen that has bragged about not being vaccinated. Just wanted to put that out there

I have him tagged as an antivaxxer, a MAGA, and a DDIQ

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Dat_Cracka_Jax posted...

There is a decent sized county in southern Missouri that has 11% vac rate last I checked.

Sounds about right. I'm in KC and hate going through there, especially the Bootheel.

Alucard188 posted...

The most likely thing that's going to happen is it's going to keep mutating into a strain that will render the vaccine less effective against it.

This is already happening. A Pfizer booster will be needed in 6 months.

The anti vax MAGAs cry that this is all for big pharma to make money, lacking awareness that they're the ones who created this situation in the first place.

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Southern Missouri checking in. Place does indeed suck.
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Will_VIIII posted...

This is already happening. A Pfizer booster will be needed in 6 months.

The anti vax MAGAs cry that this is all for big pharma to make money, lacking awareness that they're the ones who created this situation in the first place.

It's not already happening. The vaccines are very effective against the variants. Pfizer has not given us good data to show that we need a booster dose anytime soon.

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https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/08/health/pfizer-waning-immunity-bn/index.html

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