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[b0g]

Powell Colin is dead at 84, due to covid-19

4 stars and not bothering to get vaccinated?

edit: he was vaccinated and had cancer

[Steve]

Originally Posted by b0g

Powell Colin is dead at 84, due to covid-19

4 stars and not bothering to get vaccinated?

He was vaccinated. He had Multiple Myeloma Cancer and as such his immune system was already severely compromised.

Colin L. Powell, whose immune system was weakened by treatment for multiple myeloma, died of complications of Covid-19 despite being “fully vaccinated,” his family said in a statement.

Peggy Cifrino, Mr. Powell’s longtime aide, said that he had been successfully treated for multiple myeloma, a cancer of white blood cells in the bone marrow.

People with multiple myeloma have compromised immune systems and are thus at greater risk of developing severe Covid-19. Vaccines are also likely to be less effective in these patients.

In a study published in July, researchers found that just 45 percent of those with active multiple myeloma “developed an adequate response” after receiving either the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccines.

Although the shots are critical in reducing severe disease and death from the coronavirus, such outcomes are not unexpected. No vaccine is 100 percent effective, experts say.

As The New York Times reported recently, severe Covid is rare in people who have been fully vaccinated.

[El_Guapo]

Originally Posted by b0g

Powell Colin is dead at 84, due to covid-19

4 stars and not bothering to get vaccinated?

You should correct that and add "he was fully vaccinated and had cancer".

[K53]

R.I.P.