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If the vaccine doesn’t protect from mild symptoms, there is no reason to think it would protect from severe.
by kolinko 6y ago
If the vaccine doesn’t protect from mild symptoms, there is no reason to think it would protect from severe.
- dbetteridge 6y agoI mean if you actually read the published data that is categorically wrong. The variant in question escapes Antibody detection, but T-Cells still seem to provide significant protection against severe disease and death. https://academic.oup.com/cid/advance-article/doi/10.1093/cid/ciab083/6124512 https://academic.oup.com/cid/advance-article/doi/10.1093/cid... https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.03.11.435000v1 https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.03.11.435000v1 The main published results aren't yet from human scale studies but here is one in hamsters showing a comparison in organ damage and results between unvaccinated and vaccinated with the Oxford/AZ vaccine.