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Everyone transmits the virus. The vaccines don’t do much in that regard, though from what I’ve read. They do a good job of preventing severe disease.
by christophilus 5y ago
Everyone transmits the virus. The vaccines don’t do much in that regard, though from what I’ve read. They do a good job of preventing severe disease.
- vvanders 5y agoGonna need to cite some sources there. The current recommendation is to get a booster because it both reduces the severity of the disease and the chance of either catching a breakthrough infection or another variant[1]/[2]. [1] https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/effectiveness/why-measure-effectiveness/breakthrough-cases.html https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/effective... [2] https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#rates-by-vaccine-status https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#rates-by-vaccine-s...
- christophilus 5y agohttps://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099%2821%2900768-4/fulltext https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3... I don’t remember where I read it originally, but the lancet is roughly what I recall. It’s not 100% conclusive, but the data seems to point towards roughly the same transmission rate.
- vvanders 5y agoThat doesn't track with either the CDC data above, other studies[1] or what we know about other variants. [1] https://mobile.twitter.com/EricTopol/status/1476212140956553222 https://mobile.twitter.com/EricTopol/status/1476212140956553...
- RedBeetDeadpool 5y ago