So, 74% of infections being among the vaccinated at Provincetown on the July 4th weekend equals “vaccinated people are far less likely to have the coronavirus — period”? Sounds like a meme that refuses to die. Or are you implying that the 347 infected while vaccinated (out of 469 cases) were abnormal people?

A close friend, with his partner, attended a private dinner along with 12 of their friends that weekend. He was triple-vaccinated (because of earlier travel). Everyone else at the dinner was double vaccinated. Nine of them, including my friend, became infected with the coronavirus. That was 64% of those present. That number, and the higher infection rate reported by the CDC do not cohere with your “vaccinated people are far less likely to have the coronavirus — period” meme.

But perhaps a better question to ask is: just what statistic are you basing this meme on? No one keeps track of reinfections among vaccinated individuals — as well as those ignored individuals with a prior infection. There is a rule-of-thumb in science: an absence of data doesn’t prove anything.

You are doing the public a great disservice by implying that the vaccinated cannot, or are unlikely to become infected again, and pass it along to others, as my friend’s dinner party example shows. The infected need to act like they also can get the disease, which includes continued masking and social distancing. Period.