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It's quite possible that some people will eventually contract COVID-19 and die from it, even several weeks after getting their last immunization shot (supposedl
by thamer 6y ago
It's quite possible that some people will eventually contract COVID-19 and die from it, even several weeks after getting their last immunization shot (supposedly at a point when they're fully protected). It just didn't happen in any of the trials.
If anyone wants to look at the raw phase 3 numbers:
Pfizer numbers: 43,448 participants received injections (21,720 the vaccine and 21,728 the placebo); 8 cases of COVID-19 in the vaccinated group and 162 in the placebo group, 9 were severe (8 of those in the placebo group).
Pfizer study: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2034577?query=featured_home https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2034577?query=fe...
Moderna numbers: 30,420 participants, evenly split with 15,210 in each group, over 96% got both injections. There were 185 symptomatic cases in the placebo group and 11 in the vaccinated group. 30 participants had severe cases including one causing death: all were in the placebo group.
Moderna study: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejmoa2035389 https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejmoa2035389
- mapme 6y agoIsrael has much more robust data than the trials for pfizer (monster study group size of 600k per group). They have seen hospitalizations and death in fully immunized individuals. There’s more papers out there but here’s one. https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2101765 https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2101765