You betrayed my team, COVID vax!

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Every other day for the last week or so, I kept getting alerted about Chicago Bulls players entering health and safety protocols. It’s gotten so bad that thankfully, the next 2 games are postponed.

I still believe strongly that being vaxxed/boosted is a good thing bc it prevents severe illness and death, but I’m pissed off that COVID has still found a way to hit near and dear to me. ALL the players on the Bulls are vaccinated and STILL it spread like wildfire? Before all this, players on the Bulls and other teams have had a player or two enter health and safety protocols, but presumably everyone else on the team tested negative and games were still played. But something was different with the Bulls.

NBA games are supposed to be postponed because of a blizzard so bad no one can drive anywhere, not because of COVID outbreaks. Baseball games are supposed to be postponed due to rain, not because of COVID outbreaks.

Vaccination has proved to be an essential tool, but not the miracle we had hoped it would be. While the vaccinated remain significantly less likely to catch and spread the disease, they can still do both. That wasn't known when vaccination started and a lot of policies were set, but it is now and I'm disappointed at how little the messaging has adapted.

I'm thinking I'll be masking in public for the long haul.

Sorry COVID has wreaked havoc on your ability to enjoy your team.

As we all know, vaccines are utterly useless at stopping spread but government policies around the world aim to stop deaths by stopping spread.

Unfortunately, this will become a regular occurrence for years to come, if not forever.

No, the vaccine didn't betray anyone. The problem is covidiots breaking the social distancing rules, people living in countries without such rules at all, and a virus that has persistently gotten slightly more deadly and heaps more contagious for every new successful mutation.
The vaccines were made for the original Wuhan virus, and we're lucky it has been as successful as it has against the British, South African, and Indian variants.
The new South African variant was a game changer, in that even vaccinated people get sick. The virus bypasses the immune system and makes even vaccinated people sick, but luckily we still see that most vaccinated people are protected from severe illness.

Social distancing is very difficult in a team sport where athletes share the same locker room. Locker rooms are perfect petri dishes for disease to spread. The Chicago teams are not the only ones. 36 NFL players tested positive yesterday and the Ottawa Senators and New York Islanders have had to postpone games.