This is old news: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27943833 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27943833 (29 days ago) Also, the 39% number is the averag

This is old news: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27943833 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27943833 (29 days ago) Also, the 39% number is the average for people vaccinated between January and July. For people vaccinated in January, the Pfizer shot is only 16% effective against the delta variant (scroll down to last page): https://www.gov.il/BlobFolder/reports/vaccine-efficacy-safety-follow-up-committee/he/files_publications_corona_two-dose-vaccination-data.pdf https://www.gov.il/BlobFolder/reports/vaccine-efficacy-safet... Protection against severe illness is still above 85% though and declines only slowly. Besides, people vaccinated in January were mostly elderly.