Yes, Colin Powell died of a breakthrough infection. That is why boosters are recommended for people at high risk for severe COVID-19.

Yes, that means vaccines aren’t 100% effective.

No, that doesn’t mean that vaccines are 0% effective.

— Dr. Angela Rasmussen (@angie_rasmussen) October 18, 2021

So get vaccinated AND wear masks AND try to limit exposure to people outside your household AND rapid test if you can get them AND try to improve indoor air quality AND use caution.

But don’t think this means vaccines don’t work. They work very well, just not perfectly.

— Dr. Angela Rasmussen (@angie_rasmussen) October 18, 2021

And also please see this wonderful thread on the topic. https://t.co/p9OYGO3eDT

— Dr. Angela Rasmussen (@angie_rasmussen) October 18, 2021

🧵1/ When we don’t get #SARSCoV2 transmission low, the most vulnerable – the old, the immunocompromised, the just plain unlucky whose bodies can’t mount a robust immune response to vaccines – they pay a high price https://t.co/i46v8TMGaG

— Whitney R. Robinson (@WhitneyEpi) October 18, 2021

🧵3/ And others argue that the shortening of life for the old in particular is not that great a tragedy bc they would have died soon anyway*

— Whitney R. Robinson (@WhitneyEpi) October 18, 2021

🧵 5/ I know that there are different ways of seeing the world and that we come to our decisions about policy bc our life experiences lead us to weight valid competing values differently.

Daily I learn from people who see the world differently than I do

— Whitney R. Robinson (@WhitneyEpi) October 18, 2021

🧵7/ I do not envy people in charge of setting #COVID19 policy in the US: in our polarized environment, it’s hard trade-offs all the way down

But I wish we in US could more honest with the fact that trade-offs are being made

And it’s sad, a lot of it is really sad

— Whitney R. Robinson (@WhitneyEpi) October 18, 2021