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Originally Posted by Carth
My post was a little sarcastic on how much it does reduce the risk considering an average of 85,000 new cases daily and around 65% of the population having at least one jab and over 80% having had 2 jabs  |
We're talking about Omnicron though which seems to have the strongest vaccine evading ability we've seen since the original pandemic. We saw a much stronger drop-off in COVID numbers after the initial vaccine rollouts.
Vaccines obviously reduce (not eliminate) the chance of spreading COVID because it reduces the chances of you getting it at the very least. Fewer people catching COVID means fewer people with the ability to spread COVID. If the vaccine reduces how long it takes to recover that also reduces the time in which you're infectious.
It's all academic though because the Australian Health Authorities believe it does reduce the risk and has taken the decision to reflect that in their border controls. It doesn't really matter if a professional tennis player thinks they know better than them.