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by ls15 1596 days ago
60% seems quite high, given that the CDC director says that the vaccines cannot prevent transmission anymore, but I haven't seen any confirmed numbers for Omicron transmission so far.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/cdc-director-covid-...

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Only a little high:

https://twitter.com/wanderer_jasnah/status/14924411217289134...

(effectiveness against Omicron peaks at 55% after the boosters and then declines)

Protection against severe disease remains high even with just 2 doses.