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Re:Sydney Residents Will Now Have to Register Their Single B... by strken on Saturday August 14, 2021 @02:15AM (#28178491)
AstraZeneca is only 67% effective at preventing someone from contracting the delta variant, which isn't enough to prevent it from spreading without restrictions even at a 100% vaccination rate. I'm currently on the government website trying to book an AstraZeneca appointment in, but let's acknowledge that we're all going to need booster shots of Moderna or Pfizer after this.
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Re:Sydney Residents Will Now Have to Register Their Single B... by moistly on Saturday August 14, 2021 @03:00AM (#28178676)
Moderna and Pfizer aren’t even enough to attain herd immunity. They are enough to prevent the healthcare system from completely failing. Even AZ is better than nothing.
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Re:Sydney Residents Will Now Have to Register Their Single B... by abrazame on Saturday August 14, 2021 @08:08AM (#28180015)
It's true that AZ isn't enough for herd immunity, but as I understand it neither is Pfizer or Moderna. It's also worth noting that AZ is extremely effective at preventing serious illness or death from the Delta variant (as are the other vaccines). Had we all gotten AZ months ago, we would be talking about the transmission of a virus that's been rendered much less menacing, which is a totally different risk-benefit calculus.
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Re:Sydney Residents Will Now Have to Register Their Single B... by refurb on Saturday August 14, 2021 @05:47AM (#28179419)
Singapore has >80% vaccination rate with almost exclusively Moderna/Pfizer and they’re just coming out of a couple months of restrictions. Currently about half of their new cases are fully vaccinated.
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