Originally Posted by
hummingbear
People can make the choices they see fit. You don’t need my permission to put your parents behind the wheel or stick them in a room with whomever you see fit. I’m just saying the logic that their vaccination necessarily means they can’t be infected by an unvaccinated person is flawed. (Roughly 5%-35% flawed depending on which vaccine we’re talking about.)
From Verywellhealth.com, “According to Stephen Russell, MD, PhD, president of the American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy, despite the vaccines' high efficacy rates at protecting people from contracting COVID-19, they do not offer 100% protection.“When it comes to preventing disease, the
efficacy rates for the vaccines are:
- Pfizer: 95%
- Moderna: 94%
- Johnson and Johnson: 66%
“The vaccines have a near 100% efficacy rate for preventing serious illness, hospitalization, and death.”
So the takeaway I see here is this: In the unlikely event the vaccinated person would “contract” COVID, they’re gonna be just fine.