That's not true. There are people who get SARSCoV2 and don't develop COVID. We don't yet know how common that will be with the vaccine. The primary purpose now is to prevent people from getting quite sick both for their protection and to help the healthcare system. It would be extremely unlikely for people to be just as infectious with the virus after getting a vaccine that does prevent illness from developing. It should reduce both the amount of virus that is replicated- so less being put out as well as the length of time. We don't know to what extent though. The downside is if people are still likely to be able to spread it after being vaccinated is they are less likely to realize they are carrying it, so are less likely to change behaviour to avoid spreading it. Hopefully healthcare worker testing is done for a while until we know how effective the vaccine is at preventing people from being able to transmit itThis has bothered me and made me wonder what the point is. Someone asked Dr Henry that at her briefing yesterday. One part of her response was that if you don't get sick (ie catch covid) you have nothing to pass on to others. That helped.
That's not true. There are people who get SARSCoV2 and don't develop COVID. We don't yet know how common that will be with the vaccine. The primary purpose now is to prevent people from getting quite sick both for their protection and to help the healthcare system
This is what she said.It would be extremely unlikely for people to be just as infectious with the virus after getting a vaccine that does prevent illness from developing. It should reduce both the amount of virus that is replicated- so less being put out as well as the length of time. We don't know to what extent though.
Of course.The downside is if people are still likely to be able to spread it after being vaccinated is they are less likely to realize they are carrying it, so are less likely to change behaviour to avoid spreading it. Hopefully healthcare worker testing is done for a while until we know how effective the vaccine is at preventing people from being able to transmit it
For the populations studies, there does seem to be good evidence that it was effective for the circulating variants that were present during the studies. Part of the flu vaccine issue is prediction what strains - which differ even more than variants - are going to be circulating.So what if the vaccine doesnt work? Like the regular flu shot that only has a 30% efficacy for the elderly?
I got the special shot for the 65+.last year. Side effects were most unpleasant.So what if the vaccine doesnt work? Like the regular flu shot that only has a 30% efficacy for the elderly?
The population in the Atlantic provinces is older than in Western Canada and PEI has technically just one hospital, which could easily be overwhelmed. NB has quite a post Holiday surge in cases right now. NS continues to be lucky, but also has an aging population and a limited amount of ICU beds. Considering the effort of shipping the stuff, maybe there is also a thought of a minimum amount to ship?Why does PEI have so many vaccines? I thought they were going to provinces based on population. In Alberta we have less than 2000 people per 100000 vaccinated and they are almost entirely used. PEI has done more than 3000 and they still have a significant amount unused. It's not even like they are greatly affected.
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I agree that is sad ... that 1.4% of Canadians have been medically experimented on.Sadly Canada has now vaccinated 1.4% of the population. No vaccines exist.
I think we should listen....we need to know what the efficacy rate is for both doses given on time. We must know if this vaccine works with the elderly especially and also others. Most trials were done with a different age group and were limited as to who participated.Israeli results suggest we may need to focus more on getting both doses done on a timely basis.
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Quebec vaccine plan may be rethought after troubling Israeli data, says provincial advisor
Quebec could change its vaccine strategy based on discouraging new data out of Israel about the efficacy of the first dose, on its own, of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, says a top advisor in the province.montreal.ctvnews.ca