So yes, the "experts" were wrong again, and the goal posts have been moved again. Got it. The experts have been wrong every step of the way. At some point one might have a reasonable expectation that the experts get one, just one of their predictions correct. Otherwise they're not really experts now are they?
Exactly. An expert would be able to forsee that probability. A hack flipping a coin while collecting a check...not so much.
Let's see how many "experts" on these threads --- who for over a year have claimed COVID is a "little flu" would have ever expected a variant to arise that is 2 to 4 times more infectious. In fact to become the most infectious respiratory virus known to mankind.
Infectious is irrelevant, it's the mortality rate that counts and it wasn't all that high to begin with, and has been in steady decline. Sorry, we're going to survive it, the virus that is. The tyranny of an oppressive government weaponizing the fear and using it to bludgeon us with? That another game altogether, and much more deadly.
Protection from severe Covid... 97.5 down to 91.4 in about 3 months... https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/23/science/covid-vaccine-israel-pfizer.html They published their results in May, based on records from Jan. 24 to April 3: They estimated that the vaccine was 95 percent effective in preventing infection from the coronavirus in the country. In other words, the risk of getting Covid-19 was nearly 100 percent reduced in vaccinated people compared to unvaccinated ones. The researchers also estimated that the vaccine was 97.5 percent effective against severe disease. vs More recently, they ran another analysis. This time, they looked at cases between June 20 and July 17. In that period, they estimated, the vaccine’s effectiveness was even lower: just 39 percent against infection. Still, they estimated that the vaccine’s effectiveness against serious disease remained high, at 91.4 percent.
New on Drudge... ALARM: PFIZER only 42% effective against infection in July... FDA poised to authorize 3rd dose... New data on coronavirus vaccine effectiveness may be "a wakeup call" so moron... I told you... what you were doing was lying with stale data... because these vaccines were waning.. So will you now shut the fuck up... ttps://www.axios.com/coronavirus-vaccines-pfizer-moderna-delta-biden-e9be4bb0-3d10-4f56-8054-5410be357070.html A new preprint study that raises concerns about the mRNA vaccines' effectiveness against Delta — particularly Pfizer's — has already grabbed the attention of top Biden administration officials. What they're saying: The study found the Pfizer vaccine was only 42% effective against infection in July, when the Delta variant was dominant. "If that's not a wakeup call, I don't know what is," a senior Biden official told Axios. Driving the news: The study, conducted by nference and the Mayo Clinic, compared the effectiveness of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines in the Mayo Clinic Health System over time from January to July. Overall, it found that the Moderna vaccine was 86% effective against infection over the study period, and Pfizer's was 76%. Moderna's vaccine was 92% effective against hospitalization and Pfizer's was 85%. But the vaccines' effectiveness against infection dropped sharply in July, when the Delta variant's prevalence in Minnesota had risen to over 70%. Moderna was 76% effective against infection, and Pfizer was only 42% effective. The study found similar results in other states. For example, in Florida, the risk of infection in July for people fully vaccinated with Moderna was about 60% lower than for people fully vaccinated with Pfizer. Why it matters: Although it has yet to be peer-reviewed, the study raises serious questions about both vaccines' long-term effectiveness, particularly Pfizer's. It's unclear whether the results signify a reduction in effectiveness over time, a reduced effectiveness against Delta, or a combination of both. “Based on the data that we have so far, it is a combination of both factors," said Venky Soundararajan,a lead author of the study. "The Moderna vaccine is likely — very likely — more effective than the Pfizer vaccine in areas where Delta is the dominant strain, and the Pfizer vaccine appears to have a lower durability of effectiveness.” He added that his team is working on a follow-up study that will try to differentiate between the durability of the two vaccines and their effectiveness against Delta. Yes, but: There has been no data so far that has found either vaccine's protection against severe disease and death is significantly less against Delta, and the study notes that there doesn't appear to be much of a difference in complications stemming from breakthrough infections based on which vaccine someone got. And experts cautioned against rushing to conclusions. “This is the kind of surprising finding that needs confirmation before we should accept its validity," said Cornell virologist John Moore. Between the lines: The two shots both use mRNA, but there are significant differences between them. For example, Moderna is given in a stronger dose than Pfizer, and there is a slightly different time interval between shots. "There are a few differences between what are known to be similar vaccines .... None of these variables is an obvious smoking gun, although the dosing amount seems the most likely to be a factor," Moore said. In a statement, Pfizer said it and BioNTech "expect to be able to develop and produce a tailor-made vaccine against that variant in approximately 100 days after a decision to do so, subject to regulatory approval." here is the pre print... https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.08.06.21261707v1 However, in July, the effectiveness against infection was considerably lower for mRNA-1273 (76%, 95% CI: 58-87%) with an even more pronounced reduction in effectiveness for BNT162b2 (42%, 95% CI: 13-62%).
The unvaccinated, the unvaccinated, you're stuck on that. If there's 1% unvaccinated you'll still be hyperventilating about it. The overall mortality rate is way down, and that's what counts.
And you can thank the unvaccinated for the overall mortality rate being way down. We can thank the unvaccinated plague rats for clogging our hospitals so other medical procedures cannot be performed as hospital staffing resources are be reallocated to prevent their deaths — to the point now the staff in many hospitals are overwhelmed in taking care of ignorant anti-science fools who are too idiotic to understand that it is too late to get the vaccine when they are putting you on a ventilator.