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Re:Younger Americans benefit less from booster shots than ol... by christophilus on Saturday February 05, 2022 @07:43PM (#30228030)
Everyone transmits the virus. The vaccines don’t do much in that regard, though from what I’ve read. They do a good job of preventing severe disease.
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Re:Younger Americans benefit less from booster shots than ol... by vvanders on Saturday February 05, 2022 @07:51PM (#30228084)
Gonna need to cite some sources there.

The current recommendation is to get a booster because it both reduces the severity of the disease and the chance of either catching a breakthrough infection or another variant[1]/[2].

[1] https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/effective...

[2] https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#rates-by-vaccine-s...

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Re:Younger Americans benefit less from booster shots than ol... by christophilus on Saturday February 05, 2022 @07:56PM (#30228118)
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3...

I don’t remember where I read it originally, but the lancet is roughly what I recall. It’s not 100% conclusive, but the data seems to point towards roughly the same transmission rate.

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Re:Younger Americans benefit less from booster shots than ol... by vvanders on Saturday February 05, 2022 @08:30PM (#30228347)
That doesn't track with either the CDC data above, other studies[1] or what we know about other variants.

[1] https://mobile.twitter.com/EricTopol/status/1476212140956553...

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