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Originally Posted by jfman
Not sure why it’d ruin my lunch. It says what I’ve said all along that variants chip away at efficacy against infection, and it’s been demonstrated the world over that efficacy wanes over time. So now we need three doses of Pfizer to get to where we used to get with two.
Presumably Delta is still the variant causing most cases in the US.
https://www.euronews.com/next/2021/1...s-biontech-ceo
As long as vaccinated people can catch and transmit the virus that has implications in terms of pandemic management and exceeding hospital capacity. |
The vaccines still prevent serious illness. If you're infected it'll probably be no worse than a cold or a usual winter chest infection that most people bat off with Lemsip max strength and a bottle of covonia - just carry on with your life.
Otherwise, there would be no point whatsoever in getting vaccinated if you're going to hide away in isolation because you're scared of catching COVID, even though you're vaccinated.
Likewise, if we're going to shut everything down at the first hint of a different variant, as a precaution, especially now in a highly vaccinated population. The disease is still a mild disease, with a vaccine (even with a % of vaccine escape) it's even milder (plus the 3rd dose goes someway to mitigating that escape) or won't even affect you.
There's no need to be cancelling anything, it's over reaction by all respective governments so they can be seen to be something to avoid criticism from a rabid media.