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The headline seems misleading. Isn’t the reduction possibly caused as much by easing of restrictions as by the Delta variant? > Israel has recorded a steep dr
by kwertyoowiyop 5y ago
The headline seems misleading. Isn’t the reduction possibly caused as much by easing of restrictions as by the Delta variant?
> Israel has recorded a steep drop in the efficacy rate of the Pfizer Inc.-BioNTech SE in preventing coronavirus infections, due to the spread of the delta variant and the easing of government restrictions.
- Tepix 5y agoMakes sense. If a vaccination protects you from catching the disease after being exposed to small amounts of the virus ... once you remove the mask mandate you will be exposed to larger viral loads and may get sick.
- kleiba 5y agoA different source [1, German only] details that these numbers are based on observations from the last two weeks, and that 50 percent of the newly infected people had been vaccinated. [1] https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/asien/israel-studie-impfungen-delta-101.html https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/asien/israel-studie-impfun...
- Aachen 5y agoThe interesting info from that article: - Biontech protects 64% against Delta infection (not hospitalization or something) - No mention whether these 50% are one or two doses or with which vaccine