Originally Posted by
flightmedic01
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.
It’s not a guarantee but yes, that’s definitely the likeliest outcome. Understand I’m not trying to pretend your vaccinated parents are at great risk, just pointing out that infection after vaccination is not an impossibility. This issue is not really my battle.
What I don’t understand is how these vaccines are at once a near universally effective solution & a bioethical nightmare tantamount to child torture. They work. They’re safe. If you’re comfortable with your odds of surviving the virus (I am) but afraid of unproven boogeyman issues with the vaccine (which even if true are statistically less significant than the actual proven risks of said virus) I think your ability to understand data is in question. Still, I’m not for forced vaccination. But we are seeing right now in this country how vaccine hesitant populations are being impacted by an ongoing pandemic that is in full retreat where vaccination is common. Personally, I’d rather see more people get vaccinated than idly sit in a vector supply chain & let it mutate until it beats our immunity & we’re back to square 1, but that’s me.