– Fully-immunised people must stick with measures to avoid catching the virus and passing it on, Tedros insisted, spelling out how the more contagious Delta meant the vaccines were not as effective against transmission.
The phrases put in inverted commas are all quotations from the WHO press release:
“Data suggests that before the arrival of the Delta variant, vaccines reduced transmission by about 60 percent. With Delta, that has dropped to about 40 percent.”
“We’re concerned about the false sense of security that vaccines have ended the pandemic and people who are vaccinated do not need to take any other precautions,” Tedros told reporters.
“Vaccines save lives but they do not fully prevent transmission”.
My conclusion is, even if you’re vaccinated keep wearing the facemask!
So the vaccine is next to useless then?
If so many people wouldn’t throw all caution to the wind after being vaccinated, transmission could be reduced a lot more.
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I’ll copy the subtitle from the article:
– Fully-immunised people must stick with measures to avoid catching the virus and passing it on, Tedros insisted, spelling out how the more contagious Delta meant the vaccines were not as effective against transmission.
The phrases put in inverted commas are all quotations from the WHO press release:
“Data suggests that before the arrival of the Delta variant, vaccines reduced transmission by about 60 percent. With Delta, that has dropped to about 40 percent.”
“We’re concerned about the false sense of security that vaccines have ended the pandemic and people who are vaccinated do not need to take any other precautions,” Tedros told reporters.
“Vaccines save lives but they do not fully prevent transmission”.
My conclusion is, even if you’re vaccinated keep wearing the facemask!
So the vaccine is next to useless then?
If so many people wouldn’t throw all caution to the wind after being vaccinated, transmission could be reduced a lot more.
Says WHO?