New York Yankees dealing with outbreak of 'breakthrough' COVID-19 cases

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“The New York Yankees are facing a “breakthrough” coronavirus outbreak, with three confirmed cases among their coaching and staff.

Third base coach Phil Nevin, first base coach Reggie Willits, and an unknown staff member tested positive for the coronavirus, the team announced on Tuesday.

The three positives are “breakthrough positives” because each person is fully vaccinated.”

While Nevin is quarantined in Tampa and some staff members were sent home out of “an abundance of caution” based on who they may have come in contact with, no players have tested positive at this time, according to manager Aaron Boone.

However, the breakthrough positives are leading the team to evaluate its protocols.

“We’ll have to evaluate and make sure we’re doing everything we possibly can to prevent things from happening,’’ Boone said.

Though the coronavirus vaccines available in the United States are highly effective, “a small percentage” of people who are fully vaccinated have tested positive for the coronavirus in these “breakthrough” cases, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The Yankees team and most staff received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
 

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Though the coronavirus vaccines available in the United States are highly effective, “a small percentage” of people who are fully vaccinated have tested positive for the coronavirus in these “breakthrough” cases, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

I love the way the CDC lies here and pretends the vaxxes prevent infection.

They're not even designed to prevent infection or transmission to others. They're only supposed to keep your symptoms to below death level.

I also love the way they ignore the surges in Covid cases and "unexplained deaths" since the mass vax programs began.
 
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“The CDC reported 9,245 breakthrough cases among the country’s more than 95 million people fully vaccinated people as of April 26, with 5,827 (63 percent) women and 4,245 (45 percent) over age 60. The federal agency cautioned that breakthrough cases are likely underreported because of the passive surveillance system that relies on voluntary reporting from state health departments.”
 
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“Eight members of the New York Yankees have tested positive for coronavirus this week despite being inoculated with the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, the baseball team said Thursday. The eight infected Yankees include coaches, staff members and a player. Seven do not have symptoms, said Jason Zillo, the team's vice president of communications. The Yankees said the eight infected members received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine at least two weeks ago. The single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine was 72% effective against Covid-19 among US trial participants and 85% effective against severe Covid-19. The two-dose vaccines used in the US, from Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna, are both about 95% effective.”

“And the fact that almost all of the infected Yankees don't have symptoms shows how "remarkably great" the vaccine is at preventing people from getting sick from Covid-19, Reiner said.”

 
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So what he is basically saying is: A positive PCR test doesn't equal an infection and testing asymptomatic people is bull****.

Funny how that's a legit argument NOW, after a lot of people got vaccinated, but for a year you were an idiot and conspiracy theorist if you said the exact same thing.
 

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