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by pdabbadabba 1624 days ago
> And you don't find that ridiculous?

Of course not. It's not about the absolute transmission rate of vaccinated people. It's about the reduction in the transmission rate compared to the unvaccinated. Regardless of the absolute effectiveness of the vaccine in preventing transmission, it seems to me it should remain fundamental to protecting public health if unvaccinated people spread the virus several times faster.

Of course, if the effect were only marginal, that would be one thing. But that is not what the data seems to show at this point.