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Originally Posted by villageuser
What the 95% efficacy rate means that there are people who the vaccine will not work for. Since people are not being tested afterwards to confirm they have the antibodies, then one doesn’t know for whom the vaccine worked or not. Also, no one knows how many antibodies anyone got, how strong they are going to be, and how long it is going to last. Another concern is the variants, which reduces the efficacy of the vaccine. Both Pfizer and Moderna were tested with the coronavirus that was available at that time. Unfortunately that coronavirus strain is no longer the primary one. Thus, to protect oneself and others, one needs to continue to social distance, wear a mask, clean their hands often.
What Fauci said which I have not found to be true is that the current vaccines will stop replication of the virus. The RMA viruses do not work in that way. What they do is programs the cell to produce antibodies to make one less likely to get sick, or if they do, have weaker symptoms. (If anyone finds scientific data to the contrary, please share) The vaccines that use the adenovirus cell and the synthetic coronavirus, that we are waiting to get approved, will.
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That is not what I think has been explained in many news reports and articles that I have read and how I understand it. Basically, what you are saying is that 5% of vaccinated people do not have protection from Covid. The way I understand it every person who is vaccinated has a 95% chance of not becoming sick from Covid. The other 5% is the chance of becoming ill but not severely. I have also read that these two mRNA vaccines offer 100% protection of not needing hospitalization. That may be changed at this point in time because of the variants, however.
Here is one article that explains what efficacy means. I may be interpreting incorrectly so anyone have any input about this?......
What does vaccine efficacy mean?