Video Twists Advice on Delta Variant and Vaccination
SciCheck Digest
An epidemiologist recommended that people get the COVID-19 vaccine because some evidence suggests an unvaccinated person who gets the delta variant is âtwice as likely to require hospital treatmentâ than someone infected with the alpha variant. But a Facebook video twists that advice to claim that he said vaccinated people would be twice as likely to be hospitalized.
All of the authorized vaccines are effective at preventing symptomatic disease.
According to the results of the phase 3 trials, the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna vaccines had an efficacy of 94% or higher, which means your approximate risk of getting sick is cut by 94% or more if you are vaccinated. Itâs important to keep in mind that the effectiveness of the vaccines outside the controlled setting of a these two vaccines were 90% effective in real-world conditions, two weeks after the second dose, and 80% effective two weeks after the first dose. The monitored 3,950 health care personnel, first responders and other essential workers for 13 weeks. Â
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