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MisterNiceKitty

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30. true - I noticed that

Reply to RockRaven (Reply #4)

Sat Jul 24, 2021, 08:24 AM

Jul 2021

Israel seems to be reporting a consistent decline in the Pfizer vaccine effectiveness from 94% to 64% and now 39%.
What happens when the effectiveness reaches zero?

For now the counter is: the vaccinated do get covid but don't get too sick.

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Pfizer only 39% effective against Delta, per Israeli study [View all] Laura PourMeADrink Jul 2021 OP

Hopefully it's more effective than that against long covid. It seems asymptomatic covid is thru the mucifer Jul 2021 #1

That is the # I want to see! SheltieLover Jul 2021 #2

More from Israeli study Laura PourMeADrink Jul 2021 #12

Yup! SheltieLover Jul 2021 #15

Yah I'll sign up for that booster Tadpole Raisin Jul 2021 #18

Yesterday there was a post that said it was 88% effective. brush Jul 2021 #17

That's my concern too! Bonn1997 Jul 2021 #27

I saw there was a British Health report that just being vaccinated, Delta better controlled. TheBlackAdder Jul 2021 #3

By tomorrow or the next day there will be articles comparing this study and the 88% study, and RockRaven Jul 2021 #4

Would imagine there are different efficacies based on who Laura PourMeADrink Jul 2021 #5

If true, and it seems to be so far, that is great. Personally, given the choice, I'd much prefer... TreasonousBastard Jul 2021 #6

Duh. Of course. But don't want it or any form of it at all. Laura PourMeADrink Jul 2021 #7

Well, of course. If we have that choice. TreasonousBastard Jul 2021 #8

Guess we don't have that choice. Unless we want to stay Laura PourMeADrink Jul 2021 #10

I never thought that was the goal of the vaccine. GulfCoast66 Jul 2021 #13

I don't want long haul SheltieLover Jul 2021 #16

Yes - if the 39% only meant Tadpole Raisin Jul 2021 #20

Never heard of post-lpolio syndrome SheltieLover Jul 2021 #28

true - I noticed that MisterNiceKitty Jul 2021 #30

My son is in the pfzier trial LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2021 #9

That's fantastic! Laura PourMeADrink Jul 2021 #11

Good for him. I hope you tell him he is a hero in his own way. GulfCoast66 Jul 2021 #14

Glad to hear. All the best to him, of course. Hortensis Jul 2021 #26

Maybe it's my deficiency in math, but thucythucy Jul 2021 #19

It's the other way around. LisaL Jul 2021 #23

But that's my point. thucythucy Jul 2021 #25

Some people who were hospitalized were not severely ill. LisaL Jul 2021 #29

Okay, I guess that makes sense. thucythucy Jul 2021 #34

You have to see how they define "severe illness". Mariana Jul 2021 #33

What is going ON in Israel?? Scrivener7 Jul 2021 #21

Probably a lot more covid testing than in the USA. I think when we get colds or sinus headaches mucifer Jul 2021 #22

We certainly aren't testing as much as some other countries. LisaL Jul 2021 #24

U.S. news media keeps reporting that... Tennessee Hillbilly Jul 2021 #31

Israel still saw decent protection against hospitalization. LisaL Jul 2021 #32