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Some vaccinated Americans have lost their patience with those refusing the shot as Covid-19 cases surge and mandates return | CNN

… Roughly 57.4% of the US population has received at least one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine and roughly 49.5% is fully vaccinated, according to CDC data. Much like face masks, the vaccines became highly politicized in some parts of the country, resulting in vastly different coverage rates. And vaccine hesitancy and refusal were fueled by misinformation and falsehoods that continue to run rampant online. [Ed. Note: Including here on tumblr!]

Areas with low vaccination rates are now seeing dangerous outbreaks.

Average Covid-19 hospitalization rates are nearly three times higher among states that have fully vaccinated less than half of their residents compared to the average among those that have vaccinated more than half, a CNN analysis of federal data found. And Covid-19 case and death rates over the past week were on average more than twice as high among states that have vaccinated less than half of their residents.

President Joe Biden this week said the pandemic rages on “because of the unvaccinated.”

“If you’re not vaccinated, you’re not nearly as smart as I thought you were,” Biden said. …