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Re:Vaccine hopes rise as Oxford jab prompts immune response ... by cheph on Monday October 26, 2020 @08:10AM (#24895237)
> Given that immunity from infection is currently questionable your suggestion doesn't make sense.

If you can't get immunity from the infection, how will the vaccine work?

Re:Vaccine hopes rise as Oxford jab prompts immune response ... by regularfry on Monday October 26, 2020 @08:17AM (#24895290)
We don't know if it does yet. We know it causes an immune response. We don't know if that stops you from catching it, and we don't know if it stops you from being infectious. It tips the scales in that direction, and all we really need is for it to be effective enough to drop R0 low enough that coupling it with reasonable restrictions makes the virus go away, which is why it's worth pursuing, but that's a different goal to ensuring you can't catch it at all.