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Did you read the recent study that shows anyone who got the vaccine has lower immunity after 8 months compared to someone unvaccinated. Did that change your pr
by ipaddr 4y ago
Did you read the recent study that shows anyone who got the vaccine has lower immunity after 8 months compared to someone unvaccinated. Did that change your pro vaccine stance?
- GuB-42 4y agoYou mean this? https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(22)00089-7/fulltext https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6... Yes, I did. And no, it didn't. It is exactly what I was talking about when I mentioned negative effectiveness. And while the study definitely shows waning immunity, the apparent "lower immunity compared to someone unvaccinated" after 8 months is just an artefact resulting from the fact that you are unlikely to get covid twice in a row (i.e. natural immunity). The Lancet study actually shows an overall vaccine effectiveness of 84% and naturally concludes by recommending booster doses. The 84% figure is may also be an artefact and doesn't account for Omicron, buy I could say that from the study, the vaccine is 84% effective over 9 months, which would be as misleading as the "immunity is lower after 8 months" quote.