• volkvulture [none/use name]
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      3 years ago

      COVID vaccines are not designed to give sterilising immunity

      "COVID-19 vaccines were never going to give us sterilizing immunity; it's possible they never will. But the reason isn't just their design, or the wily nature of the virus, or heavy and frequent exposures, though those factors all play a role. It's that sterilizing immunity itself might be a biological myth.Sep 9, 2021"

      • TrudeauCastroson [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        sterilizing immunity

        you're moving goalposts. A vaccine also doesn't need to be 100% effective in stopping spread/infection to work to reduce overall case counts.

        You're less likely to get covid if you get vaccinated. Thus you're less likely to get it in the first place and spread it to others.

        You're arguing that because a vaccine doesn't let you walk into a room of coughing corona patients without PPE that it's 0% effective at stopping spread. This is a stupid argument.