Pfizer Shot Just 39% Effective Against Delta Infection, Israel Study Suggests

Post by HWR_14 » Tue, Aug 24, 2021, 1:11 PM UTC

j_walter wrote: post #41

HWR_14 wrote: post #36

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> One study has put the delta R0 around the same as Measles...which is 3x original COVID, but still less than Chicken Pox. I think you swapped Chicken Pox and Measles in your example, as the delta R0 seems similar to Chicken Pox and Chicken Pox has a lower R0 than Measles. Chicken Pox, which, pre-vaccine, was considered an infection everyone would get.

Thats very possible...I was going off information my significant other mentioned to me yesterday that she heard on the news. Hearsay of hearsay...so my bad...

Hey, that's pretty good information coherence for that long a game of telephone.

(Or wikipedia is wrong about R0 values for various diseases, including the delta variant)

Post by 71a54xd » Tue, Aug 24, 2021, 3:36 PM UTC

kindatrue wrote: post #24

71a54xd wrote: post #8

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This is the media "grift" I absolutely can't believe. The vaccine IS preventing people from dying and it's largely known that the vaccine doesn't prevent infection or spread. That said, GET THE VACCINE, I do not intend for this to sound like I'm condoning any kind of anti-vax narrative! Political fluff is expected, but keeping millions of people afraid and irate about information that deeply pertains to both their ph…

>for what gain Those clicks!

Obviously! But at what point will educated people (regardless of their political views) realize that playing fast and loose with this kind of media is damaging to everyone and their wellbeing?

Re: Pfizer Shot Just 39% Effective Against Delta Infection, Israel Study Suggests

Re: Pfizer Shot Just 39% Effective Against Delta Infection, Israel Study Suggests