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Originally Posted by Malsua
Let's hope maybe the CDC corrects the numbers?
The data coming out of Isreal is that the Vax protects against severe disease and hospitalization at high levels still, clearly due to a T-cell response. Against infection and symptoms it's much less effective and it seems to be a function of time. I.E. Those who got the Vax in January are much more likely to have a breakthrough case and the odds of not getting it improve the more recent you got Vaxx. Clearly this is the result of circulating antibodies fading over time. Breakthrough however is something like 60%, rather than the original 10% for the earliest Vaxxed.
The great news is the mortality is way down.
https://www.gov.il/BlobFolder/report...week-27-EN.pdf |
You bring up very valid point that has not been addressed yet. The original vaccine studies suggested that the immunity from the vaccine might be as short as 6-8 months, and therefore the talk about a booster. The people who got the vaccine first may have fading immunity at this point, especially against a more contagious variant. But I disagree that the breakthrough rate is 60%---It is about 1000x less than that (so far). Any source for that 60% number? (And not that one off from P-town that was reported as 74% of the new cases were vaccinated)