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Re:Why doesn’t natural immunity count in the US? by TheBlight on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @07:24PM (#28532911)
In the UK's vaccine surveillance report released today it showed the rate of infection in vaccinated individuals ages 40-79 was significantly higher than unvaccinated.

Edit: Link to report (pdf warning) https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/...

Re:Why doesn’t natural immunity count in the US? by HWR_14 on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @07:58PM (#28533228)
The same report says that early results indicate that a single dose of the mRNA vaccines provides a 35-50% reduction in transmissions. Given that the second shot dramatically improves the results, we can assume that number will improve. Those are fuzzy numbers whoever, as it is difficult to measure. The prevention of infections is 55-70%