The vaccines are working. Of the 900 cases related to the Provincetown cluster, there have been no deaths, 7 hospitalizations, and the symptoms are largely mild. Our positivity peaked at 15% on 7/15 and was only 4.8% yesterday. The outbreak is contained and Provincetown is safe.
Indoor masking is helpful during a spike but not a sustainable long term solution. Vaccination is. More and more businesses here are mandating employee and customer vaccination.
@AlexBMorse Sounds like the Chamber Of Commerce speaking. P-Town, & for that matter Cape Cod, ARE high risk & will continue to be as long as non-vaccinated vacationers, mostly from the South, continue to visit this summer (& into the fall). Cape is NOT safe. #MaskUp #Vaccinate #DeltaVariant
@AlexBMorse Wearing a mask is such an easy thing to do to help mitigate the spread of COVID. I’m fully-vaxxed, looking forward to a booster, and still wouldn’t mind wearing a mask for the next few years. Fighting the war half-ass is not the way to win the war.
@AlexBMorse So that means 99.2% of the positive cases did not require hospitalization and 0% of the the cases resulted in death. THAT IS CLEAR PROOF THE VACCINES WORK! Remember, vaccines don't necessarily prevent you from catching COVID-19, they prevent you from dying from it!
@AlexBMorse Great to hear. I’m really looking forward to visiting Provincetown for Carnival Week in two weeks time. Vaccines work and are highly effective in preventing symptomatic Covid. As a scientist (PhD in Biochemistry, Oxford), I think the CDC jumped the shark
@AlexBMorse How in the world do u know that? What if they were fine anyway w/o vax? Causation/correlation.
@AlexBMorse Just visited Truro and Ptown this past week with my family like we do every Summer for vacation. Felt very safe in town and all businesses acting responsibly!
@AlexBMorse But people with previous infections have to get the vaccine?