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In reply to the discussion: 43% of new covid cases in MA are breakthrough cases [View all]SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)35. Jerusalem Times found fully vaxed Pfizer to be 64% effective against delta
https://m.jpost.com/breaking-news/health-officials-rule-covid-booster-recommended-for-immunocompromised-672894
Still miraculous, but potentially less effective than what I've heard elsewhere.
Israel has only Pfizer vaccines.
Still miraculous, but potentially less effective than what I've heard elsewhere.
Israel has only Pfizer vaccines.
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That's certainly true. My concern is people with mild or asymptomatic cases infecting children
femmedem
Jul 2021
#4
I read a theory that long-haul Covid is really a reactivation of Epstein-Barr virus by Covid
meadowlander
Jul 2021
#26
Yeah, it's not fun knowledge to have. But it's better to know the risks and take precautions.
femmedem
Jul 2021
#11
It's mutating quickly because people use conventant reasons not to get vaxxed.
marble falls
Jul 2021
#2
unfortunately, no. We're choosing candidates and they wanted the vote to be in person.
femmedem
Jul 2021
#50
Jerusalem Times found fully vaxed Pfizer to be 64% effective against delta
SheltieLover
Jul 2021
#35
hard to evaluate what that means because with vaccinated persons symptoms are more
wiggs
Jul 2021
#10
One way to evaluate it is that 14% of all their reported breakthrough cases were last week. n/t
femmedem
Jul 2021
#13
Dr. Fauci said yesterday before Congress that about 5% of hospitalizations are from vaccinated
totodeinhere
Jul 2021
#22
+1, that's tracking along with what's expected. Still wouldn't want this but its good to know that
uponit7771
Jul 2021
#36
My take is that they are still cases because they are transmissable to others.
femmedem
Jul 2021
#59
At least one very large study showed that asymptomatic people are not spreaders.
TheRickles
Jul 2021
#66
Exactly. The CDC has only been reporting breakthrough hospitalizations abnd deaths.
femmedem
Jul 2021
#53
That's because MA has most people vaccinated. MA has the 2nd highest vaccination rate at 72%
Quixote1818
Jul 2021
#31
Correct. But you also have to consider that the Delta variant has only begun to take off.
femmedem
Jul 2021
#55
I'm not a statistician at all, but I believe that figure is still accurate for severe cases.
femmedem
Jul 2021
#58
That's the key question, but it gets obscured by the focus on "cases", which has come to mean
TheRickles
Jul 2021
#67