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Re:Stanford requires booster shots for all students by disgruntledphd2 on Thursday December 30, 2021 @02:52PM (#29740707)
I haven't read the full paper, and it's pretty small data (maybe n=120 in total) but this would seem to suggest that there's about a 40% reduction in transmission associated with vaccination: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3...

I honestly don't understand how there wouldn't be protection from the vaccine. It's not a sterilising vaccine, but it does offer protection.

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Re:Stanford requires booster shots for all students by incrudible on Thursday December 30, 2021 @03:30PM (#29741075)
"SAR among household contacts exposed to fully vaccinated index cases was similar to household contacts exposed to unvaccinated index cases (25% [95% CI 15–35] for vaccinated vs 23% [15–31] for unvaccinated)."

In other words, once infected, there is no reduction. How effective are these boosters against Omikron infection, weeks and months down the line?

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