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I think that depends on the definition of "infection" being used.
by ycombinete 5y ago
I think that depends on the definition of "infection" being used.
- toast0 5y agoIt also depends on the definition of prevents. There seems to be some disagreement about if X prevents Y means that Y never happens or if Y happens less frequently.
- SideburnsOfDoom 5y ago> There seems to be some disagreement about if X prevents Y means that Y never happens or if Y happens less frequently. Quite. If "Y happens less frequently" then at least one instance of Y has been prevented. But some instances of Y still occur, so "Y can still happen". And if "Y can still happen" then some _clever_ person will say that "aha, Y has not been prevented from happening!" I _can_ ride a bicycle. So can Mark Cavendish. But these are not equivalents. None of this is binary, boolean, on-off. Sometimes it seems like this is being deliberately straw-manned with overly simplistic "all or nothing" thinking. We know that the COVID-19 vaccines prevent a large percentage of infections. We also know that they don't prevent all infections. We know that they are still very worthwhile. We need risk reduction, harm reduction not nit-picky semantic arguments. Medicine is not Boolean logic.