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>They were told they were getting a vaccine... their definition of vaccine doesn't include still getting the disease, but just a little less sever (which, incid
by slg 5y ago
>They were told they were getting a vaccine... their definition of vaccine doesn't include still getting the disease, but just a little less sever (which, incidentally has NOT been the case for a lot of them). That doesn't make sense to them or me if I am being honest.
Hasn't this always been the case with the flu shot which I imagine many if not most people in a retirement home have been getting for years?
- TMWNN 5y agoFlu shots have been around for years, and by now people understand that the effectiveness greatly varies each year, but never being anywhere close to 100%. COVID19 vaccines, on the other hand, were (contrary to today's frantic efforts to pretend otherwise) always sold as being a) >90% protection and b) ending the pandemic once enough people were vaccinated.
- digsy 5y agoThey were sold as >90% effective when introduced. But it was made abundantly clear that the original vaccines were less effective against newer strains.