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Re:South African variant can break through Pfizer vaccine, I... by akmarinov on Sunday April 11, 2021 @04:10AM (#26768490)
It’s pretty much the same thing with the AstraZeneca study in South Africa that found it to be 10% effective, yet people throw that around a lot.
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Re:South African variant can break through Pfizer vaccine, I... by throwaway4good on Sunday April 11, 2021 @04:21AM (#26768542)
That the vaccines have lower efficacy for variants is pretty much to be expected and kinda documented by now. Why would the Pfizer vaccine be any different?
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Re:South African variant can break through Pfizer vaccine, I... by onetimemanytime on Sunday April 11, 2021 @06:58AM (#26769378)
Not in the field, but I think it depends how far down and in how many ways the vaccine tries to cut the virus down. My guess is that the leaves can be modified faster than branches ...
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