Someone offered words of caution on a local bulletin board about the Omicron variant. This is what that person wrote:
"Just a note, this covid variant is extremely contagious! Everyone around my family and I are getting it, including neighbors, friends, and relatives, as well as a close relative whom we just recently lost. And there is not going to be a funeral or wake because of covid. It appears that those that have not been vaccinated can still get seriously ill, but those who are vaccinated only get mild symptoms. AND there are people I know that are getting it a SECOND TIME, so even if you are vaccinated and even if you had it before, you can still get it again and if you have not been vaccinated but got it, you too can still get it again! BE CAREFUL OUT THERE!"
The following was offered by someone else in reply:
"It appears that those that have not been vaccinated can still get seriously ill, but those who are vaccinated only get mild symptoms." Do you have evidence for this claim? Given how recent the omicron wave is, combined with still circulating delta, I haven't seen any good data that demonstrates that unvaccinated (a large % of whom will have had prior infection) are getting significantly more ill from omicron than vaccinated. If you have seen such data, please share.
This demand for first hand proof is rebuttal of widely reported facts. We are living in a world where we each have our own educations, our own training and our own occupations. We are compelled to depend on the veracity of those who are properly qualified in other fields for the results of their efforts.
The phrase "Do you have evidence for this claim?" is absurd and is an attempt to deny to us vital medical information. This classic example of this single-line denial is from early 20th century comedy radio as in the following Google search result.
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