Do vaccines really work?

[richaceg]

There are almost identical number of infections with vaxxed and unvaxxed...
Masai Ujiri's Giants of Africa was a gathering for vaxxed attendees only and claimed "strict covid protocols" and they still got hit...including Masai and he was double vaxxed + booster....
And it looks like we're approaching another wave...

 

[unassuming]

Vaccines don't prevent the virus from infecting you, they kick start your antibodies to fight off the virus as much as possible.

eg. A few years ago I got the flu vaccine, about a week later i got the flu (I worked at a job where I was constantly dealing with the public) . My symptoms were very mild and I only missed one day of work. If I had not gotten vaccinated I would have most certainly been off work for at least a week. So yeah, vaccines do work.

I bet Ujiri's covid symptoms are mild .

 

[silentkisser]

Yes, vaccines work. They can prevent you from getting symptoms entirely, or they can make the illness much less severe and quicker to pass. It does depend on the disease. I mean, polio was basically wiped out in North America fairly quickly because of the vaccine. It was a horrific disease that crippled or killed thousands of kids. There are actually still some people who rely on iron lungs to live. The flu, it mutates so much that you can still get sick, but the flu shot, as unassuming said, can totally mitigate a lot of the symptoms.

Because of Covid and the different variants, there is a reason people need to continue to mask up. I hate wearing the damn thing, but I don't want to get sick. I'm double vaxxed, but I still take the necessary precautions to stay safe. We don't know how Masai got infected, but it could have been while travelling, meeting people, who knows.

 

[Valcazar]

Yes, the evidence is pretty overwhelming they do.

 

[superstar_88]

What do you mean by number of infections are identical? It's a 4 to 1 ratio between vaxxed and not vaxxed.
Are you saying there are 4 times more people who are infected who are vaxxed?

 

[NotADcotor]

No vaccines don't work. Every governmental and other authoritative agency says they do work because they are being controlled by the Stonecutters in league with Major League Baseball, the Egg Marketing board and the Amish because reasons. Also apparently they can't do math or just don't want to.

 

[ShockNAwww]

There are almost identical number of infections with vaxxed and unvaxxed...
Masai Ujiri's Giants of Africa was a gathering for vaxxed attendees only and claimed "strict covid protocols" and they still got hit...including Masai and he was double vaxxed + booster....
And it looks like we're approaching another wave...

Has it really been a week already?

Total percent of unvaccinated among all age groups in Ontario is 19%.

Today, unvaccinated made up 42% of the new cases in Ontario. If vaccines didn’t work, that number would be 19%.

Today, unvaccinated made up 55% of the cases in hospital in Ontario. If vaccines didn’t work, that number would be 19%.

Today, unvaccinated made up 67% of the cases in ICU’s in Ontario. If vaccines didn’t work, that number would be 19%.

The case count % isn’t great. But it’s pretty clearly a lot better than nothing. And, since vaccinated are more likely to be doing shit in high risk places like workplaces, restaurants, bars, theatres etc., they also interact with a lot more more potential transmission sources.

If the hospital data doesn’t impress you, keep in mind that among the vaccinated in hospital, it is overwhelmingly people over 70 being admitted.

That group is 98+% vaccinated, 99+% for the over 80’s. A chunk of the vaccinated can be attributed to geezers and advanced geezers.

Almost no otherwise healthy fully vaccinated are needing to seek that kind of medical care. The same cannot be said for unvaccinated.

Dramatic Reduction in Severe Outcomes of COVID? I’ll take that whenever I can.

 

[fictionfactor]

if they worked we would not have to social distance or wear a mask

 

[shack]

if they worked we would not have to social distance or wear a mask

Dumb comment.

A more accurate statement would be that if everyone got vaxxed, we would not have to social distance or wear a mask.

Hey, go get your shots and do everybody a favour.

 

[kherg007]

Yes.