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> The vaccine unquestionably reduces severe infection, hospitalization, and death. It’s not even a question at this point. If I may, this claim alone is the ra
by anonymouse008 5y ago
> The vaccine unquestionably reduces severe infection, hospitalization, and death. It’s not even a question at this point.
If I may, this claim alone is the rallying cry of the anti vax movement - the original reasons given for emergency use was vaccines prevented infection for 90% of patients.
Anyone who took a quick look at the study knew that was bonkers… the methods obviously (and confirmed in hindsight) weren’t controlled properly and don’t support a reduced infection claim…
So the narrative shifted to preventing hospitalization - so the value given by not getting Covid is gone… you will get covid it just won’t be as bad.
Well now we are in the lottery effect where everyone believes they will be the one to beat the odds…
- PragmaticPulp 5y ago> the original reasons given for emergency use was vaccines prevented infection for 90% of patients. The vaccine does prevent serious infection for the majority of patients. Deaths are so much higher in unvaccinated COVID patients that it's not even a close question. The vaccine works.
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- s1artibartfast 5y agopreventing infection /= preventing serious infection. They have different implications. Agreed that vaccines prevent serious infection.
- lucb1e 5y agoCitations needed? I have questions about basically every one of those sentences.
- anonymouse008 5y agoHere's one - if you're interested, you can continue to look for others... Absolute Risk Reduction = 1·3% for the AstraZeneca– Oxford, 1·2% for the Moderna–NIH, 1·2% for the J&J, 0·93% for the Gamaleya, and 0·84% for the Pfizer– BioNTech vaccines. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2666-5247(21)00069-0 https://doi.org/10.1016/S2666-5247(21)00069-0