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A comment on Covid deaths plunge after 75% of town's adults vaccinated. Parent comment

Re:Covid deaths plunge after 75% of town's adults vaccinated by version_five on Tuesday June 01, 2021 @07:43PM (#27362904)
I should have been clearer. I meant that if it was shown to be effective in clinical trials, then it's unsurprising that it worked when deployed in practice.
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Re:Covid deaths plunge after 75% of town's adults vaccinated by whatshisface on Tuesday June 01, 2021 @07:44PM (#27362915)
The strains in the wild at the time of the clinical trials are different from the strains in the wild now. Furthermore, the trials did not test herd immunity, only direct immunity.
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