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Old 12-16-2020, 12:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Dr Winston O Boogie jr View Post
I'd be a bit careful about that. The vaccine is going to require two doses. About a month apart. The first will be about 50% effective in preventing the vaccine and the second about 95% effective. I'll go back to normal after the second dose.
I heard on MSM that the Pfizer vaccine has a 95% efficacy for preventing infection and 100% efficacy for preventing severe Covid illness. So....I understand that to mean that the 5% who are vulnerable to Covid illness will not ever have severe illness. That's good enough for me.
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