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Originally Posted by MuseChaser

Some things to remember.

1. Many people who chose not to get the vaccine take other socially responsible precautions to avoid possibly endangering others.
2. Getting the vaccine does not prevent one from infecting someone else with Covid; we shouldn't, and CAN'T, blame every case of Covid on unvaccinated people.
3. Vaccinated people are far less likely to require hospitalization in the event of a breakthrough infection, and that is indeed an excellent reason to get the vaccine especially if one has other risk factors, both for one's own safety and to keep hospital beds open for others. However, getting the vaccine is not an equally sure protection against being infected with Covid, nor against infecting others.

Unlike our president, I do not understand the anger and desire to blame those who chose not to get the vaccine for anything, at least based solely upon not getting the vaccine. Anger is never helpful, and blame rarely is, but blaming unvaccinated people who also put others at risk by not avoiding crowds, not isolating when ill, not getting tested when unable to meet these criteria...ok. However, if blame needs to be assigned and anger felt, then vaccinated people must be co-recipients of some if and when they similarly engage in practices that may affect others.

Rather than being angry with each other for the ways we choose to ensure our safety and those around us, perhaps we should focus the blame on the virus itself, and any humans who may have had a hand in its existence and release. The leap in logic required to label someone who would rather take measures other than the vaccine to protect themselves and others as a murderer and hateful person who is the cause of this is beyond me.

That highlighted part is absolutely not true.