It is a reduction of the risk of symptomatic disease by 76% once vaccinated.
But more importantly, there were no hospitalizations or deaths in the vaccinated people. This is a point the media often overlooks.
But more importantly, there were no hospitalizations or deaths in the vaccinated people. This is a point the media often overlooks.
Look at the two charts[2] in this paper from the UK's JCVI. They show the number of severe incidents (severe COVID or death). The linear or exponential growth curves are for people on the placebos. The almost flat lines are for people on the Pfizer-BioNTech and the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines, respectively.
Oh, after just the initial dose, not the booster!
[1] https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/18/briefing/donald-trump-par...
[2] https://www.cas.mhra.gov.uk/ViewandAcknowledgment/ViewAttach...
I wonder why the evidence of lack of it isn't being publicised.
Asbestos was considered a great building material.
While science had improved in absolute terms, there is a chance to screw up in new ways.
Vaccines have been around for a very long time and have proven to be incredibly effective and safe. Nobody is embarrassed about how the vaccines for smallpox, polio and measles have worked out (apart from some misinformation in recent years -- you’ll have to do your own research on that one. If you come to it with an open mind I think you’ll come to agree those vaccines are safe.)