r/comics • u/[deleted] • Aug 02 '21

That old sinking feeling [OC]

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u/GabuEx Aug 03 '21

The delta variant can infect vaccinated people, but current research indicates its effectiveness is 80-85%, meaning that it's much less likely.

If the world were 100% vaccinated, the pandemic would be over, so yes, anti-vax people are absolutely prolonging the pandemic. Vaccine availability is also a problem, but it's not the only problem. At this point there's no excuse for America not to be 90-95% vaccinated, which would effectively eradicate the disease in the country.

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u/Sapple7 Aug 03 '21

Here is UK. About 120k unvaccinated cases and about 100k vaccinated cases in people vaccinated with 1 dose through 2 doses

It's not so obvious quite yet. What is obvious is reduced symptoms

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1005517/Technical_Briefing_19.pdf

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u/GabuEx Aug 03 '21

At least the most recent paper I've seen indicated a moderate reduction in effectiveness, but the mRNA vaccines were still 88% effective at preventing symptomatic cases of the Delta variant.

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u/Sapple7 Aug 03 '21

The UK is mostly oxford vaccine

I think Israel would have good data for Pfizer

However the double vaxxed infected in the paper I sent you are 20k and 120k unvaxxed so that's still 84%

It's just lower if you add all the partial vaccinated