07-28-2021, 09:47 AM
(07-27-2021, 03:50 PM)Big_Ern Wrote: As stayed, 39% vaccine effectiveness on delta. Case closed. It's over. And it's not really a vaccine. It's mRNA which protects from heavy symptoms but not from catching it.
The 39% figure was from Israel. The 39% refers to the ability of the vaccine to prevent infection. The data from Israel shows a 80+ % effectiveness against hospitalization or death.
Data from he UK, which used the same vaccine brand, shows an 80+% ability of the vaccine to prevent infection. And a similar effectiveness in preventing hospitalization and death.
We're talking about the delta variant of COVID, BTW, in both instances.
But why is the SAME BRAND of vaccine 39% effective in one country and 80% effective in another?
Other than xenophobes who might say that Jews are less healthy than Brits, the answer lies elsewhere. When looking at immunization data, Israel stuck pretty religiously to Pfizer's 3-weeks-between-shots guidelines. The UK, with approximately 7x the population size and problems of its own, waited longer between shots. Sometimes as long as 12 weeks.
It is still too early to tell if the UK approach bears out. And nobody, to my knowledge, is studying the differences in approach.
As to the topic at hand, the NFL is not saying that players must be vaccinated. They are saying that if a player chooses to be unvaccinated, that choice has consequences.
This is no different than any other of the multiple choices we humans make daily. If you are late for work and speed, you risk getting a ticket. If you arrive late to work, you risk getting docked in your pay. Whatever choice you make, you must live with the consequences of that decision. Even people wearing red hats should see that logic.
