Calling for benefit–risk evaluations of Covid-19 control measures

Re:Calling for benefit–risk evaluations of Covid-19 control ... by sjg007 on Sunday February 21, 2021 @09:42PM (#26220186)

>For example, Dr Fauci says we won't achieve herd immunity before fall. But he also says vaccinated people should keep wearing masks, because they could still get infected and be infections.

An effective vaccine can mean 1, 2 or 3 different things. The first is that you don't get infected, the second is that if you do get infected that your disease course is mild, the 3rd is that you don't transmit it if you are infected.

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Re:Calling for benefit–risk evaluations of Covid-19 control ... by josephcsible on Sunday February 21, 2021 @09:47PM (#26220230)

If the vaccine just protects you and doesn't keep you from infecting others, then why are perfectly healthy 23-year-old healthcare workers getting it while there's still so many people over 65 waiting for it? And if it does keep you from infecting others, then why do you need to keep following the mask and social distancing rules even after you get it?

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Re:Calling for benefit–risk evaluations of Covid-19 control ... by sjg007 on Monday February 22, 2021 @10:43AM (#26225761)

The answer is that we don't know. We think it works but we don't know for sure, only time will tell.

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