Israel’s Covid-19 boosters are preventing infections, new studies suggest

Re:Israel’s Covid-19 boosters are preventing infections, new... by mrtesthah on Wednesday September 01, 2021 @01:08PM (#28382609)

Has this been updated for the delta variant which is estimated be twice as likely to cause hospitalization?

https://www.politico.eu/article/delta-coronavirus-variant-do...

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Re:Israel’s Covid-19 boosters are preventing infections, new... by dgfitz on Wednesday September 01, 2021 @01:54PM (#28383323)

So ~0.004% then. Are you suggesting that is statistically significant?

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Re:Israel’s Covid-19 boosters are preventing infections, new... by leoedin on Thursday September 02, 2021 @09:04AM (#28391537)

That calculator includes an estimate of likelihood of catching covid - so the actual risk of hospitalisation for someone who does catch covid is way, way higher - for a 25 year old man in the US it's about 1.6%.

https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/covid-pandemic-mort...

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Re:Israel’s Covid-19 boosters are preventing infections, new... by fendy3002 on Thursday September 02, 2021 @08:24AM (#28391207)

I'll get downvoted, but people keep forgetting that covid spread is exponential, not linear.

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Re:Israel’s Covid-19 boosters are preventing infections, new... by dgfitz on Thursday September 02, 2021 @08:41AM (#28391355)

Ok, 0.008% if you want. Sure feels like an argument for argument sake. I can find a list of odds of things that will hurt/kill a 20-something where the percentage is greater than 0.008 if you'd like.

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