Covid-19: How the virus spreads among vaccinated people

Re:Covid-19: How the virus spreads among vaccinated people by jgrahamc on Wednesday November 03, 2021 @09:46AM (#29094464)

I'm not clear on how "the vaccine does not effectively prevent transmission" translates into "vaccinate everyone and give booster shots at once".

Because the vaccination reduces the severity of disease so you don't want the unvaccinated getting very ill, and you don't want people with waning vaccine-induced immunity getting ill.

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Re:Covid-19: How the virus spreads among vaccinated people by Ottolay on Wednesday November 03, 2021 @10:02AM (#29094668)

Lower hospitalization rates also reduces the issue of not being able to get treatment for non-covid issues when the hospitals are full of covid patients [1].

[1] https://www.cbsnews.com/news/icu-non-covid-patients-wait/

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Re:Covid-19: How the virus spreads among vaccinated people by omginternets on Wednesday November 03, 2021 @09:48AM (#29094491)

Agreed. However, once we've vaccinated all the at-risk populations, isn't the benefit of vaccinating everyone else marginal?

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Re:Covid-19: How the virus spreads among vaccinated people by blackbear_ on Wednesday November 03, 2021 @09:56AM (#29094593)

No because vaccination still reduces the risk of severe disease and hospitalizations.

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Re:Covid-19: How the virus spreads among vaccinated people by omginternets on Wednesday November 03, 2021 @10:01AM (#29094659)

But those were already marginal in children, for example. Aren't you concerned about the risks to children? What benefit do they obtain in exchange for that risk?

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Re:Covid-19: How the virus spreads among vaccinated people by pacerwpg on Wednesday November 03, 2021 @10:33AM (#29095184)

Has there been any data suggesting that the vaccines present a significant risk to children?

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