I'm confused by the sterilising immunity stuff. This thread seems to be saying that the vaccine does prevent infection quite effectively, but doesn't prevent asymptomatic infection much: https://twitter.com/nataliexdean/status/1357012137281900544
A well stated review, grateful for your analysis. Can you share the links for the raw data from Israel and the referenced testimony of the CDC director before Congress in August?
Nice thoughtful review, my intuition says it's correct ,but I don't get the model of 52 weeks ×317 infected-it implies sane rate of effectiveness,thought we know max effectiveness starts 2 to 3 weeks post 2nd shot ?
On the other hand looking at demographics of all vaccines, it seems that we are better off with J@J since they had >50% of participants in South Africa +Latin America ( zero for Moderna ,15 % for Pfeizer ), at least they demonstrated really good protection from severe disease and death ( pfizer got very few "severe disease " again confirming unusually low incidence nit realistic for current community spread ) Any thoughts? Thank you !
I appreciate this piece and other articles by you very much because I feel I am victim to what you call "boosterism". Too clever to see through a lie but too uninformed to make up my mind I react with mistrust in any direction. I feel I might be the idiot to end up in a snarly T-shirt because I am afraid of all the vaccines. I have a high willingness to get vaccinated if thereby I could help others to not get sick or die but it seems so pointless if sterile immunity is out of reach. Don't you think there will be even better vaccines in the near future?
I'm confused by the sterilising immunity stuff. This thread seems to be saying that the vaccine does prevent infection quite effectively, but doesn't prevent asymptomatic infection much: https://twitter.com/nataliexdean/status/1357012137281900544
Am I misunderstanding?
Your article begins, “Israel is leading the world in vaccinations with over half its population now fully vaccinated.”
Per Israeli Ministry of health only 1,875,000 people have been fully vaccinated with both doses, a little over 20% of the population.
A well stated review, grateful for your analysis. Can you share the links for the raw data from Israel and the referenced testimony of the CDC director before Congress in August?
Nice thoughtful review, my intuition says it's correct ,but I don't get the model of 52 weeks ×317 infected-it implies sane rate of effectiveness,thought we know max effectiveness starts 2 to 3 weeks post 2nd shot ?
On the other hand looking at demographics of all vaccines, it seems that we are better off with J@J since they had >50% of participants in South Africa +Latin America ( zero for Moderna ,15 % for Pfeizer ), at least they demonstrated really good protection from severe disease and death ( pfizer got very few "severe disease " again confirming unusually low incidence nit realistic for current community spread ) Any thoughts? Thank you !
I appreciate this piece and other articles by you very much because I feel I am victim to what you call "boosterism". Too clever to see through a lie but too uninformed to make up my mind I react with mistrust in any direction. I feel I might be the idiot to end up in a snarly T-shirt because I am afraid of all the vaccines. I have a high willingness to get vaccinated if thereby I could help others to not get sick or die but it seems so pointless if sterile immunity is out of reach. Don't you think there will be even better vaccines in the near future?