Re:What the Omicron wave is revealing about human immunity
by cloutchaser on Friday February 04, 2022 @01:52AM
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The people who said vaccines will prevent infection and spreading of Covid?
Re:What the Omicron wave is revealing about human immunity
by edmundsauto on Friday February 04, 2022 @05:37PM
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Nuance matters here. Vaccines do prevent the spread, it's just not 100%. Are you a Bayesian? If so, using the prior of "vaccines are pretty effective at preventing spread" was reasonable until new data came in - this was a brand new technique in a novel virus.
Further, the environment changed due to mutations - the fair question is "how effective was the vaccine at preventing the spread of the origin virus?"
I think we all hope this. I can say that I sincerely believe the people who devised the vaccine know a hell of a lot more than just about anyone else on the planet.
I don't trust experts in economics or socio-politics, but I do trust experts in virology. Not to say their information is perfect, but they know so much more than other people in a field where expertise is connected to outcomes.