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Re:What the Omicron wave is revealing about human immunity by Vrondi on Thursday February 03, 2022 @04:18PM (#30199018)
When the primary message to the populace is that the vaccine will stop the spread, then the vaccines do not stop infection, large swathes of the public begin to feel lied to.
Re:What the Omicron wave is revealing about human immunity by f6v on Thursday February 03, 2022 @04:47PM (#30199419)
Where can I read that message? I don’t follow many news channels. But I visited CDC website and their primary message is that vaccines protect from getting seriously ill.
Re:What the Omicron wave is revealing about human immunity by kipchak on Thursday February 03, 2022 @06:52PM (#30200774)
"So even though there are breakthrough infections with vaccinated people, almost always the people are asymptomatic and the level of virus is so low it makes it extremely unlikely — not impossible but very, very low likelihood — that they're going to transmit it," Fauci said.

Fauci added that vaccinated people essentially become "dead ends" for the virus to spread within their communities.

"When you get vaccinated, you not only protect your own health and that of the family but also you contribute to the community health by preventing the spread of the virus throughout the community," Fauci said. "In other words, you become a dead end to the virus. And when there are a lot of dead ends around, the virus is not going to go anywhere. And that's when you get a point that you have a markedly diminished rate of infection in the community."[1]

This is more or less the messaging I recall seeing around the early stages of the vaccine being available.

[1]https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/553773-fauci-...

Re:What the Omicron wave is revealing about human immunity by the_doctah on Thursday February 03, 2022 @06:58PM (#30200836)
Try visiting archive.org and looking up the CDC site, because we are almost a year removed from the "95% efficacy" propaganda they peddled.
Re:What the Omicron wave is revealing about human immunity by Spivak on Thursday February 03, 2022 @11:00PM (#30202705)
Wait I'm so confused, why were the efficacy studies propaganda?
Re:What the Omicron wave is revealing about human immunity by recursive on Thursday February 03, 2022 @05:05PM (#30199667)
Part of "serious illness" is being ill for longer. The longer you're infected, the more people you're likely to infect. How could vaccination not reduce the spread?