On the subject of the comments on vaccines against variants they are playing the normal sensationalist panic game...
It is accurate to say that Pfizer is 93%88% and AZ 66%/60% against the Kent & Indian variants INSOFAR AS PREVENTING IT ENTIRELY IS CONCERNED. And it is also suggested that the AZ vaccine had not reached maximum effectiveness at that point since it is slower than Pfizer.
In truth the stat that really matters is their effectiveness at preventing SERIOUS instances. Then they both perform higher, much higher in the case of AZ and those figures should be confirmed/known soon.
It really is people who have been loving their names int he papers for 15 months now worried that they will fade back into obscurity.
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