Re:Hundreds of vaccinated Indonesian health workers get Covi...
by exmadscientist on Sunday June 20, 2021 @09:24PM
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> Let's not write this off as due to a less-effective vaccine until we find out whether or not this is in line with the expected effectiveness of that vaccine.
Sinovac does not have usable effectiveness data, due to the manner and place of its development. It is well-known internationally to be less effective than many other options.
> With each variant, nature gets another shot at obsoleting all existing vaccinations.
Please don't hyperbolize. "Obsoleting all existing vaccinations" means a new disease, not a variant. And every mutation is a tradeoff: if COVID-19 "starts over", it may well be much less virulent: less transmissible, or less deadly, or both.
>Kudus, which has about 5,000 healthcare workers, is battling an outbreak believed to be driven by the more transmissible Delta variant, which has raised its bed occupancy rates above 90%.
With each variant, nature gets another shot at obsoleting all existing vaccinations.