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> The difference is that flu vaccines actually prevent infection in many cases

OK

> whereas COVID vaccines do not prevent them, but merely lessen the symptoms and risk of hospitalization.

Is this something I can read on a peer reviewed study, or is it yet another creative definition of what "infection", "vaccine" or "symptom" really means?

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Here you go…

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-022-02138-x

Are you aware that this study doesn't really support any of what you said?

> Irrespective of vaccination and/or prior natural infection, SARS-CoV-2 breakthrough infections and reinfections remained highly infectious and were responsible for 80% of transmission observed in the study population, which has high levels of both prior infection and vaccination. This observation underscores that vaccination and prevalent naturally acquired immunity alone will not eliminate risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection, especially in higher-risk settings, such as prisons.

I'm not sure if this is just trolling, but it feels like you're comparing percentages of unrelated metrics.

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