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Re:UK warns people with serious allergies to avoid Pfizer va... by throwaway0a5e on Wednesday December 09, 2020 @10:16AM (#25359306)
>Also, what do you mean by 'untested and unnecessary'?

The vaccine was intentionally not trailed on these people because of the risks.

If low risk people get vaccinated then it is not necessary that this tiny minority get vaccinated because of how herd immunity works.

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Re:UK warns people with serious allergies to avoid Pfizer va... by _up on Wednesday December 09, 2020 @10:42AM (#25359701)
You are wrong.

"The notion that COVID-19-vaccine-induced population immunity will allow a return to pre-COVID-19 “normalcy” might be based on illusory assumptions."

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6...

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