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Re:Pfizer's oral Covid-19 antiviral cuts hospitalization, de... by FjolsvithAase on Friday November 05, 2021 @09:53AM (#29119235)
Yet, with the COVID vaccine, you still spread it, too:

https://theexpose.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Pierpont-Why...

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/pdfs/mm7031e2-H.pdf

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3897733

So, how could the outcome at the societal level be worse?

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Re:Pfizer's oral Covid-19 antiviral cuts hospitalization, de... by chki on Friday November 05, 2021 @10:03AM (#29119376)
While a vaccine is not 100% effective in preventing the spread of new cases it is at least somewhat effective.
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Re:Pfizer's oral Covid-19 antiviral cuts hospitalization, de... by ralmeida on Friday November 05, 2021 @09:59AM (#29119320)
Do you have a source for R0 being _absolutely equal_ in vaccinated vs unvaccinated?
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Re:Pfizer's oral Covid-19 antiviral cuts hospitalization, de... by FjolsvithAase on Friday November 05, 2021 @10:02PM (#29126880)
Give them time.
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Re:Pfizer's oral Covid-19 antiviral cuts hospitalization, de... by ralmeida on Saturday November 06, 2021 @07:34AM (#29129319)
Time can also yield better vaccines, a policy of recurring vaccine doses (like the yearly flu shots), and milder variants that can emerge and become dominant, like some believe is what happened with the Spanish Flu.
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