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I don’t know where you are getting your information from, but Pfizer: 95 percent efficacy in preventing an infection in people with no prior infections. Moderna

I don’t know where you are getting your information from, but Pfizer: 95 percent efficacy in preventing an infection in people with no prior infections. Moderna: 94.1 percent.

paralelogram 5y ago
https://www.who.int/news-room/feature-stories/detail/the-sinovac-covid-19-vaccine-what-you-need-to-know https://www.who.int/news-room/feature-stories/detail/the-sin... A large phase 3 trial in Brazil showed that two doses, administered at an interval of 14 days, had an efficacy of 51% against symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection, 100% against severe COVID-19, and 100% against hospitalization starting 14 days after receiving the second dose. Pfizer and Moderna vaccines aren't easily available outside of "first world" countries because of vaccine nationalism.
weird-eye-issue 5y ago
I got the Pfizer vaccine but it isn't available everywhere. Right now I'm in Thailand. The vaccines here (Sinovac and Astra) are closer to 50% effective from my understanding. Also I just want to point out 95% is not 100% either. Even at 95% I don't mind wearing a mask indoors if I'm next to other people.
- gregorymichael 5y ago
  95% effective in preventing Covid but 100% effective at preventing severe Covid. If you shoot coronavirus up your nose, there's a 5% chance your body develops Covid-19. But even then, there's a 0% chance that you will die or require hospitalization because of it.
  - weird-eye-issue 5y ago
    I'm not worried that I'll get a severe case of covid. I'm worried I'll pass it to somebody who will.
  - jfengel 5y ago
    Zero percent is a very strong statement to make. I've got two close friends, one of whom has diabetes, the other has cystic fibrosis. Neither of these is common enough to show up significantly in the testing. Both conditions predispose to a very, very bad outcome if they do get sick without the vaccine. With the vaccine... I don't know. I don't think the testing has enough information to tell me. But it seems to me that there's a 5% chance of the disease getting a chance to start, and have its effect amplified by the pre-existing conditions. Therefore, I'm wearing a mask right now, on top of being vaccinated. It probably won't help. A year from now, the odds are probably something under .01% that it makes any difference. But I don't like those odds, and the mask is a very small imposition. I'm just saying that there's a big difference between 0.01% and 0%. I don't base my entire life on those almost-but-not-quite-zero odds, which would almost certainly become exhausting if I gave them a second thought. But in this case I have had to give it lots of thought, and the cost is small.

I don’t know where you are getting your information from, but Pfizer: 95 percent efficacy in preventing an infection in people with no prior infections. Moderna: 94.1 percent.

paralelogram 5y ago

https://www.who.int/news-room/feature-stories/detail/the-sinovac-covid-19-vaccine-what-you-need-to-know https://www.who.int/news-room/feature-stories/detail/the-sin... A large phase 3 trial in Brazil showed that two doses, administered at an interval of 14 days, had an efficacy of 51% against symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection, 100% against severe COVID-19, and 100% against hospitalization starting 14 days after receiving the second dose. Pfizer and Moderna vaccines aren't easily available outside of "first world" countries because of vaccine nationalism.

weird-eye-issue 5y ago

I got the Pfizer vaccine but it isn't available everywhere. Right now I'm in Thailand. The vaccines here (Sinovac and Astra) are closer to 50% effective from my understanding. Also I just want to point out 95% is not 100% either. Even at 95% I don't mind wearing a mask indoors if I'm next to other people.

gregorymichael 5y ago
95% effective in preventing Covid but 100% effective at preventing severe Covid. If you shoot coronavirus up your nose, there's a 5% chance your body develops Covid-19. But even then, there's a 0% chance that you will die or require hospitalization because of it.
- weird-eye-issue 5y ago
  I'm not worried that I'll get a severe case of covid. I'm worried I'll pass it to somebody who will.
- jfengel 5y ago
  Zero percent is a very strong statement to make. I've got two close friends, one of whom has diabetes, the other has cystic fibrosis. Neither of these is common enough to show up significantly in the testing. Both conditions predispose to a very, very bad outcome if they do get sick without the vaccine. With the vaccine... I don't know. I don't think the testing has enough information to tell me. But it seems to me that there's a 5% chance of the disease getting a chance to start, and have its effect amplified by the pre-existing conditions. Therefore, I'm wearing a mask right now, on top of being vaccinated. It probably won't help. A year from now, the odds are probably something under .01% that it makes any difference. But I don't like those odds, and the mask is a very small imposition. I'm just saying that there's a big difference between 0.01% and 0%. I don't base my entire life on those almost-but-not-quite-zero odds, which would almost certainly become exhausting if I gave them a second thought. But in this case I have had to give it lots of thought, and the cost is small.