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technically, COVID is the disease and SARS-COV-2 is the virus. So the virus can circulate with only a very small fraction of people getting COVID if the vaccine
by zmmmmm 5y ago
technically, COVID is the disease and SARS-COV-2 is the virus. So the virus can circulate with only a very small fraction of people getting COVID if the vaccines are highly effective.
- JacobThreeThree 5y agoI'm not sure what you're technically proving, but the quote said nothing about "small fraction of people", it was categorical.
- zmmmmm 5y agorefuting your statement: > you can't get COVID if you get the vaccine, implying it would stop the virus from circulating. It is entirely possibly that vaccination can leave a virus circulating while still preventing disease. Whether it does in this specific case is something you could debate, but you can't draw that implication stand alone.
- JacobThreeThree 5y ago>It is entirely possibly that vaccination can leave a virus circulating while still preventing disease. Whether it does in this specific case is something you could debate But breakthrough cases of the COVID disease do occur in this specific case. What is the relevance of a hypothetical alternative scenario where breakthrough cases don't exist?