On Monday, January 18, 2021 at 11:29:44 AM UTC-5, Bob F wrote:
The good story about masks and vaccines. I recommend reading the whole
thing.

https://messaging-custom-newsletters...91b65130e b97

"If anything, the 95 percent number understates the effectiveness,
because it counts anyone who came down with a mild case of Covid-19 as a
failure. But turning Covid into a typical flu €” as the vaccines
evidently did for most of the remaining 5 percent €” is actually a
success. Of the 32,000 people who received the Moderna or Pfizer vaccine
in a research trial, do you want to guess how many contracted a severe
Covid case? One.

Although no rigorous study has yet analyzed whether vaccinated people
can spread the virus, it would be surprising if they did. €œIf there is
an example of a vaccine in widespread clinical use that has this
selective effect €” prevents disease but not infection €” I cant think of
one!€� Dr. Paul Sax of Harvard has written in The New England Journal of
Medicine. (And, no, exclamation points are not common in medical
journals.) On Twitter, Dr. Monica Gandhi of the University of
California, San Francisco, argued: €œPlease be assured that YOU ARE SAFE
after vaccine from what matters €” disease and spreading.€�
The risks for vaccinated people are still not zero, because almost
nothing in the real world is zero risk. A tiny percentage of people may
have allergic reactions. And Ill be eager to see what the studies on
post-vaccination spread eventually show. But the evidence so far
suggests that the vaccines are akin to a cure."

Good find. Only one severe case in 32,000 is stunning.