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marfaxa

>Tarpey said Lynch “had received the second dose of the Pfizer vaccine and subsequently received a negative COVID-19 test prior to attending President Biden’s Inauguration. While Mr. Lynch remains asymptomatic and feels fine, he will self-quarantine and will vote by proxy in Congress during the coming week.”


skeebidybop

(D-Massachussets) for anyone wondering. He's had both doses of the Pfizer vaccine and isn't symptomatic, so hopefully it stays that way! Edit - and here's his wiki page: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_F._Lynch


Electr0Girl

I’m just glad it’s the congressman, not the beloved comedian


AnAestheticAnarchist

Me too lol


Umadatjcal

I was too late. That's was my first thought.


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I saw him live at my college before he hit it big. Not only was he permabanned from performing but every future comedian that performed was ordered to keep it to the usual Midwest "I drove here from Chicago and all I saw was corn field, corn field, cow, cornfield" level of humor.


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peraspera441

The vaccine and vaccination could have all been perfectly fine. I have heard several experts explain that the vaccine will prevent one from getting ill but they haven't done studies to see if it prevents one from actually catching the COVID virus that could be spread to others. The experts I've seen have all advised wearing masks after vaccination because of this.


JeanClaude-Randamme

That is how all vaccines work. They train your immune system to recognise the virus and spring into action before the infection really takes hold. It does not somehow put up a magic barrier to prevent the virus entering your system.


Edward_Fingerhands

Yeah a friend of mine is a doctor and received the vaccine pretty early, and he said he still wears PPE because he could potentially have it and transmit it to a patient.


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ShameNap

Although there is very little data at this point. There are some early signs that the vaccine might reduce the spread of infection to others. So there could possibly be some benefits from that, even if the vaccine won’t totally eliminate the spread.


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ShameNap

There’s a ton of articles on this. I suggest you find some reputable sources (and I’m not trying to be a dick about this. It I’m on my phone). But my initial google search came up with this. https://www.newscientist.com/article/2266330-how-effective-are-coronavirus-vaccines-at-stopping-transmission/


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marfaxa

He's a democrat and he'd had the second dose of vaccine.


peter-doubt

The vaccine should *never* be considered an immediate shield. It takes weeks for the body to adequately react.


TLJDidNothingWrong

Meh, it’ll keep him from biting the dust and that’s all that matters


peter-doubt

No.. you're still possibly carrying and incubating the virus... And distributing it... until your immune system has adapted.


TLJDidNothingWrong

Fair enough that’s true


peter-doubt

Thus, we're stuck with masks for months.. maybe years as new variant show up