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Re:England vaccine passport plans ditched, health secretary ... by Straw on Sunday September 12, 2021 @10:35AM (#28501514)
All the data suggests that vaccines significantly reduce transmission, both by decreasing the likelihood of infection and onward transmission from vaccinated individuals.

Additionally, anything that incentivizes more people to get the vaccine will result in higher uptake, which benefits everyone in terms of lower overall spread and hospital usage.

Re:England vaccine passport plans ditched, health secretary ... by mapme on Sunday September 12, 2021 @10:37AM (#28501531)
Exactly, the attack rate of vaccinated individuals who are infected is significantly lower.
Re:England vaccine passport plans ditched, health secretary ... by 13years on Sunday September 12, 2021 @12:32PM (#28502576)
All the current data suggests something very different.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jemimamcevoy/2021/08/06/fully-v...

Re:England vaccine passport plans ditched, health secretary ... by Straw on Sunday September 12, 2021 @10:59PM (#28507413)
I can't find any source in there suggesting a lack of effectiveness. The underlying source linked by the article mentions a reduction of 80% in symptomatic disease, which is responsible for most transmission. I can't find anything very recent, but here's an analysis that takes Delta into account:

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/...

Finding 80+% protection against symptomatic disease and ~40% reduction in onwards transmission, from three different modelling groups.

Re:England vaccine passport plans ditched, health secretary ... by 13years on Thursday September 16, 2021 @09:17AM (#28551364)
Those estimates are based on modelling with assumptions to fill in missing information. Significant is the assumption of little waning immunity.

Current data trends don't look so optimistic.

https://dailysceptic.org/2021/08/22/latest-phe-data-shows-va...