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I thought the vaccines don't stop or even really slow spread that much, especially with Delta variants. At least that's what authorities are saying. My understa
by colordrops 5y ago
I thought the vaccines don't stop or even really slow spread that much, especially with Delta variants. At least that's what authorities are saying. My understanding is that the point of vaccines as now explained is to prevent hospitalizations.
- jayknight 5y agoThey do. If you have a "breakthrough infection", you are just as likely to spread it to someone else as someone who is infected without the vaccine. But you're much less likely to get infected in the first place if you've had the vaccine, so overall much less likely to pass it to others. So the more people who get vaccinated, the slower the spread. See https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/ https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/
- rsynnott 5y ago> If you have a "breakthrough infection", you are just as likely to spread it to someone else as someone who is infected without the vaccine Somewhat less likely; on average if you're vaccinated you won't be infectious for as long a time if you do get it.