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ALMOST EVERYONE SHOULD DRINK COFFEE

    More than 98% of recent Hawaii COVID cases are among the unvaccinated .  Further: “We know that the vaccines work. We know that it will keep you safe from the delta variant and any other strains of the SARS-CoV-2 virus,” said Health Department Director Libby Char. “So it works. It is not impossible to get an infection after you get vaccinated, but if you do you are not likely to get severely ill from it, you are not likely to get hospitalized from it, and I think that’s what’s really important.” Turns out that this would be expected , for of the 107,000 COVID-19 hospitalizations for May in the U.S., only 1,200 were vaccinated.  That is a percentage of 1.1%!!!. Better yet, of the 18,000 COVID-19 deaths in May, only 150 were fully vaccinated. That translates to 0.8%. The U.S. deaths/day peak occurred in January at 3400/day.  This has been cut by more than a factor of 10 to 300/day. 53% of Americans are now fully vaccinated.  Arkansas is among the worst, only at 33%, and both cases an