Re:Pfizer says 2021 Covid-19 vaccine sales to top $33.5 bln,...
by mrtesthah on Wednesday July 28, 2021 @06:58PM
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>...that sounds like a much better breeding ground for continued spread and mutation...
Actually, that's already been studied. The virus mutates far less in breakthrough infections among vaccinated individuals than in infected individuals.
COVID-19 vaccines dampen genomic diversity of SARS-CoV-2: Unvaccinated patients exhibit more antigenic mutational variance:
>...The societal benefit of mass vaccination may consequently go far beyond the widely reported mitigation of SARS-CoV-2 infection risk and amelioration of community transmission, to include stemming of rampant viral evolution.
Actually, that's already been studied. The virus mutates far less in breakthrough infections among vaccinated individuals than in infected individuals.
COVID-19 vaccines dampen genomic diversity of SARS-CoV-2: Unvaccinated patients exhibit more antigenic mutational variance:
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.07.01.21259833v...
>...The societal benefit of mass vaccination may consequently go far beyond the widely reported mitigation of SARS-CoV-2 infection risk and amelioration of community transmission, to include stemming of rampant viral evolution.