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You really need to stop spreading falsehoods, you're not helping: https://www.factcheck.org/2021/07/vaccines-remain-largely-effective-against-delta-variant-cou
by CarelessExpert 5y ago
You really need to stop spreading falsehoods, you're not helping:
https://www.factcheck.org/2021/07/vaccines-remain-largely-effective-against-delta-variant-counter-to-claims-from-fox-news-guest/ https://www.factcheck.org/2021/07/vaccines-remain-largely-ef...
The absolute lowest bound estimate was an Israeli study:
> In late July, the ministry further reduced its vaccine effectiveness estimate for symptomatic COVID-19 to 40.5%
However, they have failed to provide the data necessary to evaluate their results, and so at this time there's pretty wide skepticism regarding this figure.
In contrast:
> A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine on July 21 by Public Health England, for example, found that after the two recommended doses, the effectiveness of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine in preventing symptomatic disease in the U.K. fell only slightly, to 88.0% against delta
Being a betting man, I'd say the truth lies somewhere in the middle, but even at 60-70% effectiveness in preventing symptomatic Delta infection, vaccination leads to a significant reduction in R-value.