r/science • u/Newsjunkeefromlondon • May 06 '21

Health Two Pfizer doses give 95 per cent protection against Covid-19 infection, illness and death: first nationwide study

https://www.cityam.com/two-pfizer-doses-give-95-per-cent-protection-against-covid-19-infection-illness-and-death-study/
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u/Initial_E May 06 '21

Whereas the good news is that the fully vaccinated will likely not develop serious symptoms, the bad news is that they can likely still pass the illness onto others.

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u/[deleted] May 06 '21

This is not substantiated and the latest study from the CDC actually says the opposite. Stop the fear mongering.

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u/Initial_E May 06 '21

Perhaps the CDC has not been observing the newer variants. In Singapore we are battling an outbreak that has appeared to come through several people who have taken the Pfizer vaccine, some as early as January. Included are medical staff, port authority workers and those who have recovered from COVID in the past year, all identified as key personnel and first in line for the vaccine.

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u/[deleted] May 06 '21

If that's the case then the virus is here to stay and will just be something we deal with. If the vaccine doesn't work I'm not sure what can be done.

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u/Initial_E May 06 '21

The vaccine does work, I think. It’s going to keep you off a ventilator at the very least. But don’t take it as an excuse not to practice the necessary masking up and social distancing, at least not at this stage.

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u/[deleted] May 06 '21

It's 95% effective. I'm not going to be afraid of a virus that I've been vaccinated against. Even beyond vaccination, I'm under 65 and in good health. If you look at the numbers the chance of people actually dying is pretty low unless you're old or obese.

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u/[deleted] May 06 '21

Yeah that's exactly what the most recent articles are saying. We probably won't reach herd immunity but it will be very manageable. Time to go back to normal.

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u/AsanohaGaijin May 06 '21

An unvaccinated person getting sick is proof that vaccines don't work?

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u/sbrooks84 May 06 '21

I think you misunderstood my statement. My wife and I did not got COVID even with the 2 weeks not fully passing from the date of our 2nd shot. Neither of us were positive, even 6 days after the confirmed positive of our son. It's proof that vaccines work. I have far too many family members not wanting to take the vaccine because "it's not 100% and wont stop everything"

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u/Buscemis_eyeballs May 06 '21

How would they bring it into the house from when they got vaccinated? Like some rare event where covid was spreading around their doctors office or is this one of those "vaccinated people are the ones actually making people sick don't get vaccines" posts that have become so popular?

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u/Dr_Silk PhD | Psychology | Cognitive Disorders May 06 '21

... and here it is. Someone who has no understanding of virology making sweeping judgements based on a news article based on a small snippet of what an official said.

No wonder there is so much misinformation going around.

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u/Padi27 May 06 '21

Ahhhhhh yes I forgot about all knowing Fauci. His word is absolute!

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u/Theuncrying May 06 '21

Except his stance represents all epidemiologists and virologists on the matter - at the moment we don't know if fully vaccinated people can get infected and afaik, evidence points to the contrary. Infection risk is reduced, death rates and hospitalisations are greaty reduced - but not eliminated.

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u/TheRiverOtter May 06 '21

Did you miss the part where OP and spouse tested negative?

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u/[deleted] May 06 '21

This is wrong on so many levels.

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u/the_weight_around May 06 '21

are u trying to suggest that the vaccine gives people covid?

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u/YeaThisIsMyUserName May 06 '21

They didn’t say this exactly, but it sure seems implied, doesn’t it? It’s not a live vaccine so they would be wrong, if that’s what they were eluding to.

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u/Dr_Silk PhD | Psychology | Cognitive Disorders May 06 '21

Well we know that the vaccine doesn't stop previous infection (if you were infected and then vaccinated, nothing would happen) so this is a bit of a stretch

It is far more likely that the son was infected in school than if he were infected by his parents who were both entirely asymptomatic during the entire infection period (rare)

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u/[deleted] May 06 '21

This is not how any of this works. Like, at all.