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> There is also an open question about whether people who are sufficiently immune from prior infection that they won't get serious symptoms are still able to pa
by tomp 6y ago
> There is also an open question about whether people who are sufficiently immune from prior infection that they won't get serious symptoms are still able to pass the virus to others during a "fighting it off again successfully" phase.
Isn't this just as much an open question with vaccines? AFAIK the main vaccine trials were only checking for symptoms (so you could still be asymptomatic & transmitting the virus).
- lsllc 6y agoFWIW, US Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-MA) tested positive on Friday for COVID after being exposed to an infected staffer. He had received the 2nd vaccine shot prior to the inauguration: https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/30/politics/stephen-lynch-tests-positive-covid/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/30/politics/stephen-lynch-tests-...
- worker767424 6y ago> FWIW It's worth basically nothing. We already know it's 95% effective; someone has to be the 5%, and there's a publication bias towards reporting on those.