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Re:Pfizer and Biontech provide update on Omicron variant by TacticalCoder on Wednesday December 08, 2021 @12:29PM (#29487679)
I don't understand: every single study out there says that vaccinated people do still catch the virus and can still spread it.

Why would the current crop of vaccines be able to stop the virus, even if applied worldwide, seen that they don't prevent infection?

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Re:Pfizer and Biontech provide update on Omicron variant by PaulDavisThe1st on Wednesday December 08, 2021 @01:42PM (#29488626)
If the vaccine brings R0 down to below 1.0 for vaccinated people, then the vaccine offers a way to get the virus to an endemic situation rather than a pandemic.

The evidence is still not solid on whether or not it does this, as far as I am aware.

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