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During the vaccine trials, the test population was never tested for covid unless they developped symptoms. So you can't infer any information on whether the vac
by cm2187 3y ago
During the vaccine trials, the test population was never tested for covid unless they developped symptoms. So you can't infer any information on whether the vaccine provided immunity against the virus (as in you won't get infected if you are vaccinated), or whether the vaccinated population got infected (and were possibly contagious) but without symptom. For that it would have required to test for covid the full test population regularly.
Claims that the vaccine provided immunity were always baseless. What the trials demonstrated was that the vaccine was effective at suppressing symptoms and hospitalisations.
And this is not something that came after the fact, I remember that this approach was discussed on HN when the results were initially published.
- peter422 3y agoSo your belief is that being infected with COVID is entirely uncorrelated with having COVID symptoms? Even if there were a minor correlation, then you can infer some information from the trials. I'm not also suggesting that what you describe isn't part of the story, but there is no reason to believe it's a major part of the story. Viral infections lead to symptoms (most of the time). The vaccine is not a magic totem that allows for massive amounts of viral replication while just taking away the symptoms. That isn't how the immune system works.