A very old stray {The Old Fella Story}
Went camping this weekend at a campground on the lake, had not been there for a few years. Once there I began to walk around looking at the different sites when I noticed a very old dog. He just lay t...
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Glad that your wife is doing better.
I know it seems like many people who got vaccinated are getting COVID and are reported in the press. The reporting skews things as we don't see the vaccinated people who were also exposed and NOT infected.
The only way we get this information is through cohort studies. This is where all people (both vaccinated and unvaccinated) in a population are routinely tested. Stats can be developed to compare relative infection rates and protective effects of the vaccine. These are being done and stats still show amazing protection from the vaccines. Certainly not as effective with Delta as with the original wild strain and also with waning immunity as time from vaccination lengthen.
The bottom line is that as long as this thing is being spread like it is now, we're all at risk. The only way to tamp this thing down is to vaccinate more people and continue to take public health measures to mitigate spread.
I know it seems like many people who got vaccinated are getting COVID and are reported in the press. The reporting skews things as we don't see the vaccinated people who were also exposed and NOT infected.
The only way we get this information is through cohort studies. This is where all people (both vaccinated and unvaccinated) in a population are routinely tested. Stats can be developed to compare relative infection rates and protective effects of the vaccine. These are being done and stats still show amazing protection from the vaccines. Certainly not as effective with Delta as with the original wild strain and also with waning immunity as time from vaccination lengthen.
The bottom line is that as long as this thing is being spread like it is now, we're all at risk. The only way to tamp this thing down is to vaccinate more people and continue to take public health measures to mitigate spread.
