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Israel went very heavily with Pfizer which ended up rather ineffective against Delta. With a more balanced mix they would have probably fared better.

• ezfe 5y ago
  > rather ineffective against Delta I mean, this isn't true... less effective, sure. But it's not ineffective by any measure.
  • zeteo 5y ago
    https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.08.06.21261707v1 https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.08.06.21261707v... If they had advertised 42% effectiveness rating when it was first launched they'd have probably gone back to the drawing board. (This is what Pfizer did recently with a second version that was aimed specifically at Delta but didn't fare any better than the first version.)
    • robocat 5y ago
      Against the delta variant, the vaccine reduces transmission, significantly reduces severity, and significantly reduces risk of death: all extremely worthwhile goals. Read https://www.kff.org/policy-watch/covid-19-vaccine-breakthrough-cases-data-from-the-states/ https://www.kff.org/policy-watch/covid-19-vaccine-breakthrou...