I saw a headline yesterday that the CDC was now reporting that vaccinated people can spread COVID just as easily as unvaccinated people. I then thought to myself, "this is not a good headline if you're trying to encourage people to get vaccinated."

What I guess this is saying is that vaccinated people who end up contracting COVID ("breakthrough" cases) have similar viral loads to people who are unvaccinated. So it makes sense that they would then be able to transmit the virus to others.

But the more important point remains that vaccinated people are less likely to spread the virus to others because they are less likely to actually get it in the first place.

Yes, the vaccines are not 100% effective. But supposedly the latest hospital data suggests that vaccines remain 87% effective at preventing hospitalization. This, of course, means that some vaccinated people will still get sick and that, yes, they might transmit it to others.

But for the vast majority of people that shouldn't be the case.

Update: My point is that clear and consistent messaging is important.

As some of you know, I was recently in Detroit. I went to check out the city because I heard about all the positive things that were starting to happen. Well here is a video that does a good job of summarizing some of that momentum.

The first lady being interviewed in the video is Sue Mosey. She’s the president of Midtown Detroit Inc., which is a highly influential community development corporation. As a result of this, she’s become affectionately known as the “Mayor of Midtown.”

I actually stayed in her B&B called The Inn on Ferry Street. I would highly recommend it if you’re looking for an affordable boutique place in Midtown Detroit.

The video ends with everyone saying that they think Detroit needs 10 years before we’ll really see it come back. That actually doesn’t feel that far away.

Credit goes to Alex Feldman for sending me this video. Thank you.

I saw a headline yesterday that the CDC was now reporting that vaccinated people can spread COVID just as easily as unvaccinated people. I then thought to myself, "this is not a good headline if you're trying to encourage people to get vaccinated."

What I guess this is saying is that vaccinated people who end up contracting COVID ("breakthrough" cases) have similar viral loads to people who are unvaccinated. So it makes sense that they would then be able to transmit the virus to others.

But the more important point remains that vaccinated people are less likely to spread the virus to others because they are less likely to actually get it in the first place.

Yes, the vaccines are not 100% effective. But supposedly the latest hospital data suggests that vaccines remain 87% effective at preventing hospitalization. This, of course, means that some vaccinated people will still get sick and that, yes, they might transmit it to others.

But for the vast majority of people that shouldn't be the case.

Update: My point is that clear and consistent messaging is important.

As some of you know, I was recently in Detroit. I went to check out the city because I heard about all the positive things that were starting to happen. Well here is a video that does a good job of summarizing some of that momentum.

The first lady being interviewed in the video is Sue Mosey. She’s the president of Midtown Detroit Inc., which is a highly influential community development corporation. As a result of this, she’s become affectionately known as the “Mayor of Midtown.”

I actually stayed in her B&B called The Inn on Ferry Street. I would highly recommend it if you’re looking for an affordable boutique place in Midtown Detroit.

The video ends with everyone saying that they think Detroit needs 10 years before we’ll really see it come back. That actually doesn’t feel that far away.

Credit goes to Alex Feldman for sending me this video. Thank you.