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"Masks and vaccines do far less than you've been led to believe." What is this based on?

• the_doctah 5y ago
  Probably numbers from countries with high vaccination rates (Israel) that continue to be inundated with new cases[1] It's pretty clear the the vaccine does not stop transmission of the virus. [1] - https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2021/08/20/1029628471/highly-vaccinated-israel-is-seeing-a-dramatic-surge-in-new-covid-cases-heres-why https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2021/08/20/1029628...
  • CabSauce 5y ago
    "That means only 58% of Israel's total citizenry is fully vaccinated." "But Israel paid a price for the early rollout. Health officials, and then Pfizer, said their data showed a dip in the vaccine's protection around six months after receiving the second shot." That doesn't exactly fit your narrative, imo.
    • the_doctah 5y ago
      I was agreeing with the claim that the vaccines aren't as effective as the public was initially led to believe. A dip in effectiveness after 6 months seems to follow that line of reasoning just fine. No one should be reasonably expected to get a booster every 6 months. Side note: I also can't stand when the "total vaccinated %" includes children. We all know they can't be vaccinated yet and any total % vaccinated that includes them is disingenuous. I realize it was my source, but I digress.
      • failrate 5y ago
        The dip in effectiveness is because unvaccinated people got infected, and the creation of variants is correlated with the number of infections.
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