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> medication that does not appear to stop the spread of Omicron COVID The current evidence indicates that the vaccine reduces the spread of the virus by about
by lalaland1125 5y ago
> medication that does not appear to stop the spread of Omicron COVID
The current evidence indicates that the vaccine reduces the spread of the virus by about 50% [1]. It's a preprint, so take it with a grain of salt, but it does seem to match our prior 50% estimate for delta. [2]
That is a significant reduction, especially when we are talking about truckers who are inherently high risk as they tend to visit a lot of small towns.
1. https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.12.27.21268278v1.full https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.12.27.21268278v...
2. https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2116597 https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2116597