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The study, which enrolled 621 participants, found that of 205 household contacts of people with Delta COVID-19 infection, 38% of household contacts who were unvaccinated went on to test positive, compared to 25% of vaccinated contacts.
Vaccinated contacts who tested positive for COVID-19 on average had received their shots longer ago than those who tested negative, which the authors said was evidence of waning immunity and supported the need for booster shots.
So it still decreases transmission? It just isn’t perfect as we already know. The article makes the case for boosters…
These aren't really vaccines, they're hardcore, long-term symptom suppressants. Like a highly advanced paracetamol. Proper vaccines don't behave like this. Yellow fever is a proper vaccine - I had one jab and it lasts me a lifetime. Rabies is a proper vaccine - I had 3 jabs in 2009, then a booster at the end of that year when I returned from travelling, never need it again.
Those are vaccines. These are not.