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The current statistics around breakthrough cases are not very clear (we have case studies but are lacking broader studies). We do know that vaccinated people ca
by wpasc 5y ago
The current statistics around breakthrough cases are not very clear (we have case studies but are lacking broader studies). We do know that vaccinated people can get the virus, can develop an infection, and spread it. We do not yet know exactly how frequently each of those outcomes occur, but the data seem to show that the possibility of each is definitely lower for each of the steps in spreading it. So until more data arrive to dispute this point, to the best of knowledge vaccinated people spread the virus less by virtue of: reduced ability to contract the infection and reduced time of being able to spread if infected. I don't know how much reduction is offered, but the post to which you are replying is not rendered inaccurate by vaccinated people having the capacity to spread the virus.
- a_imho 5y agoWhat if leaky vaccines create an evolutionary pressure on the virus to become more deadly much like Marek's disease? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marek%27s_disease https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marek%27s_disease
- wpasc 5y agoI definitely think that's a very scary prospect, I'm just not sure what an alternative strategy that is viable.
- curmudgeon22 5y agoFor me, it's hard to justify a mandate if we don't have a reasonable understanding of how much vaccines actually improves the situation. I agree, they likely do improve it in the ways you say, but if it's a cumulative 25% less likely to spread the disease, a mandate seems like overreach.