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> For an individual, however, 70% would not feel very reassuring, which is why we need a lot of people getting vaccinated. Agreed, but keep in mind that no one
by ageitgey 6y ago
> For an individual, however, 70% would not feel very reassuring, which is why we need a lot of people getting vaccinated.
Agreed, but keep in mind that no one in the Oxford trial who got the vaccine got a serious case of COVID or needed to go to the hospital. So it's only 70%-90% effective (depending on dose) at keeping you from getting infected, but so far 100% effective at reducing severity and keeping you from dying or going to the hospital. So that's a huge positive to keep in mind and yet another reason to get vaccinated.