Chris Rock Has Covid, Urges Vaccination

[win231]

Something I'll never understand. Someone chooses to get vaccinated, gets Covid anyway, then urges everyone else to get vaccinated.

"I got vaccinated, it didn't protect me, but I want everyone else to get vaccinated."
Rock has previously said he was vaccinated. Appearing on “The Tonight Show” in May, he called himself “Two-shots Rock” before clarifying that he received the one-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
“You know, I skipped the line. I didn’t care. I used my celebrity, Jimmy,” he told host Jimmy Fallon. “I was like, ‘Step aside, Betty White. Step aside, old people. ... I did ‘Pootie Tang.’ Let me on the front of the line.'"

https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/chris-rock-covid-19-urges-vaccination-80110330

 

[WhatInThe]

He's probably been convinced that's why he's still alive.

Do breakthrough cases still tend to progress in those with comorbidities?

 

[Becky1951]

He's probably been convinced that's why he's still alive.

Do breakthrough cases still tend to progress in those with comorbidities?

SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Breakthrough Surveillance​

https://www.doh.wa.gov › coronavirus › data-tables

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5 days ago — vaccine breakthrough cases in Washington to identify possible patterns of ... Washington State SARS-CoV-2 breakthrough cases by age group.
10 pages.

COVID-19 Breakthrough Report - Oregon.gov​

https://www.oregon.gov › covid19 › DataReports

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3 days ago — Overall, there have been 19,5493 vaccine breakthrough cases identified in Oregon. The median age of breakthrough cases is 48 years (range: ...

COVID-19 Vaccine Breakthrough Infections Reported to CDC​

https://www.cdc.gov › mmwr › volumes


May 28, 2021 — Among these cases, 6,446 (63%) occurred in females, and the median patient age was 58 years (interquartile range = 40–74 years).

COVID-19 Attack Rates by Vaccination Status and Age


https://www.vdh.virginia.gov › ... › COVID-19

Aug 23, 2021 — COVID-19 causes more severe disease in older age groups. ... It is also important to note that some breakthrough cases are expected, ...

Study examines severe breakthrough cases of COVID-19​

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Sep 7, 2021 — Of that group, 54 were fully vaccinated. “These cases are extremely rare, but they are becoming more frequent as variants emerge and more time ...

The U.S. Can Lead the Way in Vaccine Breakthrough ...​

https://www.rockefellerfoundation.org › blog › the-u-s-...


Jul 2, 2021 — A weakened immune system in a vaccinated individual (due to age, ... and age range of deaths and the number of vaccine breakthrough cases ...

14% of new COVID cases in August have been breakthroughs​

https://www.kgw.com › breakthrough-cases-oregon



Aug 19, 2021 — To date, there have been 7,138 vaccine breakthrough cases identified in Oregon. The median age of breakthrough cases is 48 years (range: 12-104) ...

Israeli doctors find severe COVID-19 breakthrough cases​

https://www.reuters.com › world › middle-east › israeli-do...



Aug 20, 2021 — Such "breakthrough" cases have become central to a global debate over ... not quite so efficacious as other age groups," said Tom Wingfield, ...