From that story:
Again, the problem here is the fresh meat -- unvaccinated people who've never been infected/recovered.The most recent numbers available for the week ending Sept. 12 are not encouraging. Here's what the test positivity rate looked like in the three counties surrounding Bend, according to the Oregon Health Authority:
Deschutes County: 18.8% positivity rate
Jefferson County: 21.2% positivity rate
Crook County: 28.6% test positivity rate
For comparison, Multnomah County, with the highest population in the state and one of the highest vaccination rates, had a test positivity rate during that of 7.4% during that same time period.
I honestly don't understand why you can't bring yourself to agree with me on this. You've not even really attempted to directly contradict this, and I think it's because you know it's a correct statement.
I get it that you're against vaccine mandates, and that you think vaccines should be a choice -- but you can still believe those things while also acknowledging that COVID will remain a public health threat until everyone has been either infected or vaccinated.
And I get it -- there's value in getting infected and recovering naturally! Huge value. As soon as my son can be vaccinated, I'm going to live it up like it's 2019 (babysitter permitting) in hopes of eventually getting COVID and recovering naturally. I want those antibodies! And I want my son to have them, too -- but not while he's fresh meat. I want his immune system to have experience with attacking the virus before he gets it.
That's what will slam the door on all of this and end it for good.