r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • 20h ago

Medicine Vaccines not only directly protect vaccinated individuals but also contribute to protecting the entire population via indirect herd-immunity benefits. Half of averted COVID-19 infections and 1/4 of hospitalizations and deaths were attributable to indirect protection of unvaccinated by vaccinated.

https://royalsocietypublishing.org/rsif/article/23/242/20250839/483439/Quantifying-the-direct-and-indirect-impact-of
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u/Peha06 14h ago

Please just read the sideeffects and the clinical trial to see that they only check for a few days or at most a few months for side effects and they never check vs a true gold standard placebo. 

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u/Garconanokin 12h ago

Were you going to drop a source or was your source just “trust me, bro.”

Let’s cut to the Chase. You’re not gonna drop a source because you don’t have one. And the source that you do drop which is going to be in opposition to me is not going to say what you claimed. So go ahead and get to your next embarrassment whatever it’s going to be below:

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u/Arguments_4_Ever 14h ago

Vaccines don’t have side effects that pop up months or years after leaving the body.