>because it only protects people from dying Is there any evidence in South Africa that it actually does protect people from dying? If there are only 2,000 peop

>because it only protects people from dying Is there any evidence in South Africa that it actually does protect people from dying? If there are only 2,000 people in the study, it might be too small to conclusively say whether it's protecting from severe and lethal cases. All I've done is skim the article, so I'd love to be corrected by someone with more information. Given that about 1/1,250 of the South African population has died of coronavirus, I'd guess that a 2,000 person random sample over the course of a couple months wouldn't be large enough to expect much in the way of deaths, even with a placebo. If there were conclusive evidence that the vaccine eliminated deaths from the South African variant while still allowing mild cases, I think the situation would be different. But it sounds like there are still a lot of mild cases without much evidence re deaths.