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by pakitan 1650 days ago
> Well, since the booster seems to protect, no?

That hasn't been proven, as far as I know. Pfizer did some in vitro study but we still have no idea if that translates to real world results.

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From the article this thread is about (italics emphasis added by me):

> The researchers found a significantly increased risk of developing a symptomatic Omicron case compared to Delta for those who were two or more weeks past their second vaccine dose, and two or more weeks past their booster dose (for AstraZeneca and Pfizer vaccines).

> Depending on the estimates used for vaccine effectiveness against symptomatic infection from the Delta variant, this translates into vaccine effectiveness estimates against symptomatic Omicron infection of between 0% and 20% after two doses, and between 55% and 80% after a booster dose. Similar estimates were obtained using genotype data, albeit with greater uncertainty.

That is an accurate statement I believe. However, given it is the only available evidence we have, it is probably the most accurate prediction that we have, so let's call it our prior.