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Old 12-15-2020, 06:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Byte1 View Post
As they say, NO vaccination is a 100% effective. The flu shot is only 30-60% effective. Supposedly, this COVID vaccination is about 95% effective, making it one of the most amazing accomplishments of the century....IF it turns out to be a valid statement after mass inoculations are behind us.
Effective does NOT mean a once in a lifetime vaccine. It just means that in their trial population (40,000 I believe) it has given a degree of protection against the worst outcomes of CV like hospitalization and death for 95% of the infected trial volunteers. The time-lapse for protection might be for 3 months, 3 years, or maybe (? unlikely) for a lifetime. Too early to say.