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Re:Pfizer board member suggests end to mask, vaccine mandates by shepherdjerred on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @03:22PM (#30091198)
> considering that the vaccine does nothing to stop it from spreading.

Completely untrue. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-021-01575-4

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Re:Pfizer board member suggests end to mask, vaccine mandates by nomel on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @09:56PM (#30095641)
"Stop" and "slow" are very different things and cannot be used interchangeable, if you want to keep your point clear.

And, Omicron is not Delta. Omicron is the current pandemic. Vaccines slows the spread, but keeps its R0 well into the "everyone on earth will probably get it" range.

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