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grantcart

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15. The efficacy is higher than we had any right to expect

Reply to Skittles (Reply #3)

Thu Mar 11, 2021, 02:16 AM

Mar 2021

Even if the vaccine isn't 100% effective against transmission it appears to be 100% effective against morbidity and 99% effective against hospitalization.

Plenty of reason to celebrate.

Even if the variants require a yearly booster the high death and hospitalization rates will be a thing of the past. It has exceeded similar efforts in the past in both speed and efficacy.

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Here's an onion in the Covid ointment: [View all] Disaffected Mar 2021 OP

Moderna's vaccine candidate was found to be 12.4 times less effective against the South African Celerity Mar 2021 #1

Well, there's a fine howdy-doo. Hugin Mar 2021 #19

all the vax manufacturers are quickly coming out with tweaked versions designed for the variants Celerity Mar 2021 #21

Then we need to do our best to halt transmission Ilsa Mar 2021 #2

Texas is not listening. dchill Mar 2021 #8

that's why I wonder about all these people celebrating being vaccinated Skittles Mar 2021 #3

I don't see anyone here celebrating vaccination as a cure all. MontanaMama Mar 2021 #9

The efficacy is higher than we had any right to expect grantcart Mar 2021 #15

...... Skittles Mar 2021 #18

Lol, gloomy, absurd and not up to date grantcart Mar 2021 #22

Who is doing that? Dorian Gray Mar 2021 #20

They are both working on a booster. Corgigal Mar 2021 #4

Thank you, Disaffected Mar 2021 #7

Damn I just got my 1st. moderna vaccine yesterday I_UndergroundPanther Mar 2021 #5

no, just wait (go ahead and get you 2nd vax) until Moderna's next variant-tweeked vax comes out Celerity Mar 2021 #12

Thank you I_UndergroundPanther Mar 2021 #16

They'll come out with a booster shot, no biggie! beaglelover Mar 2021 #6

The Pfizer vaccine does protect against the Brazilian variant which is the worst one Thekaspervote Mar 2021 #10

yes, it is the South African variant that Pfizer and Moderna are not so great against. That said, Celerity Mar 2021 #13

We are scheduled to get ours next Wed. Bayard Mar 2021 #11

It's a virus. It mutates. Like the annual flu, for which scientists have to make vaccines ... Hekate Mar 2021 #14

The quicker we get the world vaccinated radius777 Mar 2021 #17

We're 3 months down the road since I bookmarked this BannonsLiver Jun 2021 #23

Yeah, we just have the Delta variant to worry about now. Disaffected Jun 2021 #24