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All the current vaccines being rolled out give non-sterilizing immunity. This means the vaccinated still get infected in the upper respiratory tract and still t
by gregwebs 6y ago
All the current vaccines being rolled out give non-sterilizing immunity. This means the vaccinated still get infected in the upper respiratory tract and still transmit the virus (but perhaps 50% less transmission). The vaccine protects them from developing a severe infection (COVID). The implication of this is that we will still be dealing with this virus for many years to come.
I hope the drug companies are working on a vaccine similar to the one in the article that has the potential to provide sterilizing immunity since it works in the upper respiratory tract.
- maxerickson 6y agoThey did not study it, there is not data to make conclusive statements. There really isn't data to state a quantified reduction in transmission (None!).