Europe's loud, rule-breaking unvaccinated minority are falling out of society
Read it and laugh.
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By Rob Picheta, CNN
Updated 12:53 PM ET, Sun January 16, 2022
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The scientific basis for anti-Covid measures is solid: Vaccines have been proven to reduce transmission, substantially slash the likelihood of serious illness and decrease the burden on healthcare systems.
Many of the restrictions also have broad public support -- Switzerland's were recently backed comfortably in a referendum -- as majority-vaccinated populations tire of obstacles blocking their path out of the pandemic.
And real-world data shows that impact; European countries with highly vaccinated populations, such as Spain and Portugal, have been less badly affected by more recent waves of infection and have been able to open up their economies, while those with stuttering rollouts have faced severe restrictions and spikes in hospitalizations.
But the latest rounds of curbs have fueled anger among those unwilling to take a shot, many of whom are now slipping out of society -- or resorting to subterfuge and rule-breaking to create their own communities, citing their right to "freedom."
"On Monday I was with 50 people eating in a restaurant -- the police wouldn't be happy if they saw us," Rimoldi (poster comment: antivaxxer) told CNN, boasting of illegal dinners and social events with unvaccinated friends that he likened to Prohibition-era speakeasies -- but which public health experts describe as reckless and dangerous.
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One of the most amusing parts, at least to me, is at the end of the story where it tells the story of a very well educated person (math teacher who has some academic accolades) who is an anti-vaxxer. He tried to pass his thoughts around to his academic colleagues and got no response except for one return nasty email.
Link: https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/16/europe/europe-covid-unvaccinated-society-cmd-intl/index.html
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