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Every 16+ year old in the Bay Area has had access to a vaccine for 6 weeks.

People have still been putting it off. And it still takes a few weeks for full immunity to kick in.

Also, anyone that is vaccinated can still 'catch Covid' and potentially pass it on to family members that are not yet able to be vaccinated.

Anyone can catch anything and potentially pass it on all the time. But at least the CDC thinks the risk is sufficiently low that it is not worth worrying about:

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/fully-vac...

>If you’ve been fully vaccinated:

>If you’ve been around someone who has COVID-19, you do not need to stay away from others or get tested unless you have symptoms.

I don't know what this caveat right after that is about though.

>However, if you live or work in a correctional or detention facility or a homeless shelter and are around someone who has COVID-19, you should still get tested, even if you don’t have symptoms.

CDC has lost a fair bit of credibility from my perspective over the past several years. A lot of their guidance, or lack of it, has been politically influenced.

Guidance for masks and COVID shutdowns under a government led by people publicly denouncing masks and shutdowns was politically influenced?

Guidance for opening up and removing mask mandates under a government led by people publicly for masks and for extra caution for opening back up is politically influenced?

Sounds like some terribly ineffective political influence.

Seattle area has had access at least as long, and I drove 90 minutes to get that shot as early as I could. I hit full vaccination status on Monday of this week, so no outdoor lunches for me last week. Which makes me kinda wonder what point you're trying to make.

Yeah, that's my model here. I'm still waiting on full immunity and I got shot 1 a day after eligibility opened up. I am not particularly concerned about my safety but I'm still wary of accidentally exposing someone who's unvaccinated and it bothers me to see businesses and other organizations just dismiss the risks posed by actions they could simply avoid taking.

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