Israel data reportedly shows efficacy drop of Pfizer-BioNTech for delta variant

Re:Israel data reportedly shows efficacy drop of Pfizer-BioN... by vletal on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @09:13AM (#27748049)

Yeah, but it's still an astonishing result. Most of the non mRNA vaccines have efficacies below 90%, not taking into account the delta variant.

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Re:Israel data reportedly shows efficacy drop of Pfizer-BioN... by blueblisters on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @09:24AM (#27748175)

I think efficacy is usually defined as preventing symptoms, a higher bar than preventing hospitalizations. I believe most vaccines were extremely successful at preventing hospitalizations.

Edit: Pfizer's primary endpoint was efficacy against lab-confirmed Covid-19 [1].

[1]: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejmoa2034577

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Re:Israel data reportedly shows efficacy drop of Pfizer-BioN... by azinman2 on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @12:49PM (#27751065)

This is pure anecdata, but I’m hearing nearly daily from a friend in Indonesia about someone he knows dying of Covid. They’ve all had their sinovac shots.

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