Kolek planning to go pro
I feel like Norway is 0. I mean Bernie's far left by USA standards but he's just another democratic socialist anywhere else.
I will get the Pfizer booster when offered.
Why? You've been vaccinated and have had covid. People are making decisions on a daily basis without understanding the science. It makes zero sense, hey?
Pfizer says their vaccine antibodies diminishes over time. Delta is coming. Stupid not to. I've had it. It sucks. I don't want it again.You need to keep up.
Fahrenheit, you likely have immunity having contracted the disease.
Not yet. I have always assumed that there would be an annual booster, similar to a flu shot. I don't consider it that interesting or controversial. But I never felt like was mask was a burden either.
Reality is we don't know the long term effects of the disease, nor do we know the long term effects of the vaccine.
Just announced. No booster needed. https://twitter.com/saraecook/status/1413307740026507269?s=21
Pfizer disagrees:Pfizer sees waning immunity from its Covid-19 vaccine, says developing new booster.https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/08/health/pfizer-waning-immunity-bn/index.html“As seen in real world data released from the Israel Ministry of Health, vaccine efficacy in preventing both infection and symptomatic disease has declined six months post-vaccination, although efficacy in preventing serious illnesses remains high,” the company said in a statement emailed to CNN.
I trust the CDC, FDA and NIH more than Pfizer.
Immunity to the Delta variant down to 63%.
The statement from them indicated that a booster is not needed now, but indicated they are actively testing boosters.Translation for the lay-person. You will need a booster soon, but one isn't approved, or ready yet, so we will tell you one isn't needed (most have been vaccinated in the past 6-months). This statement will change as soon as boosters are ready. The real world data in places like Israel clearly shows we will require boosters as soon as they are ready. Immunity to the Delta variant down to 63%.
At this point, I'm so confused on who we're supposed to trust when.
Can you explain this? 63% of the vaccinated population is immune to the variant?
The value is calculated as the relative difference in risk between two populations, divided by the risk in the unvaccinated group, or 1-risk ratio. So if 10% of the unvaccinated population was testing positive, and only 0.5% of the vaccinated the efficacy would be:(0.10-0.005)/0.10 or 95%. That was the original efficacy. Or equivalently, 1 - (0.5/10)=0.95 (95% fewer cases)For delta in Israel, right now they are seeing an efficacy of 63%, so if we assume the same 10% rate in unvaccinated, it would imply the risk to the vaccinated is now 3.7%.