South African variant can break through Pfizer vaccine, Israeli study says

Re:South African variant can break through Pfizer vaccine, I... by unnouinceput on Sunday April 11, 2021 @02:27AM (#26767934)

Quote: "The study, released on Saturday, compared almost 400 people who had tested positive for COVID-19, 14 days or more after they received one or two doses of the vaccine, against the same number of unvaccinated patients with the disease"

14 days is too early. Do the study properly, 21 days after the 2nd shot. Now you can claim that indeed the variant pierces through, otherwise I'd file this study under FUD.

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Re:South African variant can break through Pfizer vaccine, I... by morpheuskafka on Sunday April 11, 2021 @02:29AM (#26767944)

Isn't two weeks the CDC's definition of fully vaccinated? However, it definitely was wrong to make a claim based off first shot only and worse to throw the first-only vs full series data together into one statistic.

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Re:South African variant can break through Pfizer vaccine, I... by unnouinceput on Sunday April 11, 2021 @03:34AM (#26768297)

I don't know the CDC's definition, but I know the definition of Pfizer itself. Is written on their website and says 3 weeks.

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