Re:A grim warning from Israel: Vaccination blunts, but does ...
by nonomaybeyes on Thursday September 02, 2021 @04:30PM
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If it's true that vaccines blunt the symptoms of infection, and that breakthrough cases still are as contagious as without vaccine (same viral load), then there could be more asymptomatic spreading by people who are not aware that they are contagious.
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Re:A grim warning from Israel: Vaccination blunts, but does ...
by SideburnsOfDoom on Thursday September 02, 2021 @04:34PM
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> and that breakthrough cases still are as contagious as without vaccine (same viral load),
I would _not_ assume that this is settled science.
This out today:
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.08.30.21262701v...
> These data indicate that vaccination shortens the duration of time of high transmission potential, minimizes symptom duration, and may restrict tissue dissemination.