Originally Posted by
Kacee
May the winning streak continue to infinity . . . .
The risk is considerably lower given that the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines have an efficiency percentage over 90%. And when you're dealing with an increasingly vaccinated population, the real world risk is reduced to near-zero, particularly given the vaccines' effectiveness at preventing serious cases.
That’s what I said in prior post. The probability is lower but it is definitely not zero especially in real world as Israeli studies is showing especially for the newer variants. CDC is reporting breakthrough happening but didn't indicate which variant.
The challenge is there is no data to quantify how the vaccines are doing against the newer variants as studies are pending and from a public health perspective you want to make your decisions based on science and making a decision based on no data is akin to making a decision in the dark. I'm assuming Hawaii is interested in keeping these new variants under control (assuming it is still possible).
Having said that this is getting off topic for this thread as there is a Hawaii vaccination thread.