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Re:What the Omicron wave is revealing about human immunity by JacobThreeThree on Thursday February 03, 2022 @04:24PM (#30199114)
I'm not sure what you're technically proving, but the quote said nothing about "small fraction of people", it was categorical.
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Re:What the Omicron wave is revealing about human immunity by zmmmmm on Thursday February 03, 2022 @04:34PM (#30199231)
refuting your statement:

> you can't get COVID if you get the vaccine, implying it would stop the virus from circulating.

It is entirely possibly that vaccination can leave a virus circulating while still preventing disease. Whether it does in this specific case is something you could debate, but you can't draw that implication stand alone.

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Re:What the Omicron wave is revealing about human immunity by JacobThreeThree on Thursday February 03, 2022 @04:43PM (#30199351)
>It is entirely possibly that vaccination can leave a virus circulating while still preventing disease. Whether it does in this specific case is something you could debate

But breakthrough cases of the COVID disease do occur in this specific case.

What is the relevance of a hypothetical alternative scenario where breakthrough cases don't exist?

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