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> Also, if everyone is vaccines can we do away with mask requirements? We still don't have any hard evidence that the vaccine stops transmission. It's possible

> Also, if everyone is vaccines can we do away with mask requirements? We still don't have any hard evidence that the vaccine stops transmission. It's possible that it keeps you from getting sick while being an asymptomatic spreader. That's why we're still wearing masks even after vaccination until we have better understanding of how the vaccine affects transmission rates.

joshuamorton 6y ago
> We still don't have any hard evidence that the vaccine stops transmission. It's possible that it keeps you from getting sick while being an asymptomatic spreader. Yes we do. I'm not sure that we have peer reviewed published A/B studies yet (but I think we do have some initial ones). But there is absolutely hard evidence that trasmissions rates decrease among vaccinated populations. We saw this with population level testing among groups that got vaccinated.
- anonporridge 6y ago
  https://www.webmd.com/vaccines/covid-19-vaccine/news/20210326/covid-vaccine-spread-study https://www.webmd.com/vaccines/covid-19-vaccine/news/2021032...
  - joshuamorton 6y ago
    From the article: > Preliminary data points to substantially lower rates of transmission among vaccinated people. [the article then cites a study in Israel, which I was also referring to] That is some hard evidence. It may not be absolutely conclusive, but yes its evidence. We don't yet have a randomized controlled trial, which is the gold standard, yes. But we do have hard evidence.
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slavapestov 6y ago
> We still don't have any hard evidence that the vaccine stops transmission. It's possible that it keeps you from getting sick while being an asymptomatic spreader. We absolutely do and such studies exist, and furthermore you can see a rapid decline in new cases in countries that have achieved high vaccine coverage, which would not have occurred if vaccines did not prevent onward transmission.
- anonporridge 6y ago
  https://www.webmd.com/vaccines/covid-19-vaccine/news/20210326/covid-vaccine-spread-study https://www.webmd.com/vaccines/covid-19-vaccine/news/2021032...
- what_ever 6y ago
  > We absolutely do Source please. CDC hasn't said anything about this.
  - throwaway3699 6y ago
    What do you make of https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/details/cases https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/details/cases ?
- vineyardmike 6y ago
  > which would not have occurred if vaccines did not prevent onward transmission. If vaccinated people can't get it, then it will mean that spreaders have less people to spread it to.

joshuamorton 6y ago

> We still don't have any hard evidence that the vaccine stops transmission. It's possible that it keeps you from getting sick while being an asymptomatic spreader. Yes we do. I'm not sure that we have peer reviewed published A/B studies yet (but I think we do have some initial ones). But there is absolutely hard evidence that trasmissions rates decrease among vaccinated populations. We saw this with population level testing among groups that got vaccinated.

anonporridge 6y ago
https://www.webmd.com/vaccines/covid-19-vaccine/news/20210326/covid-vaccine-spread-study https://www.webmd.com/vaccines/covid-19-vaccine/news/2021032...
- joshuamorton 6y ago
  From the article: > Preliminary data points to substantially lower rates of transmission among vaccinated people. [the article then cites a study in Israel, which I was also referring to] That is some hard evidence. It may not be absolutely conclusive, but yes its evidence. We don't yet have a randomized controlled trial, which is the gold standard, yes. But we do have hard evidence.

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slavapestov 6y ago

> We still don't have any hard evidence that the vaccine stops transmission. It's possible that it keeps you from getting sick while being an asymptomatic spreader. We absolutely do and such studies exist, and furthermore you can see a rapid decline in new cases in countries that have achieved high vaccine coverage, which would not have occurred if vaccines did not prevent onward transmission.

anonporridge 6y ago
https://www.webmd.com/vaccines/covid-19-vaccine/news/20210326/covid-vaccine-spread-study https://www.webmd.com/vaccines/covid-19-vaccine/news/2021032...
what_ever 6y ago
> We absolutely do Source please. CDC hasn't said anything about this.
- throwaway3699 6y ago
  What do you make of https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/details/cases https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/details/cases ?
vineyardmike 6y ago
> which would not have occurred if vaccines did not prevent onward transmission. If vaccinated people can't get it, then it will mean that spreaders have less people to spread it to.