Landmark Study Proves COVID Vaccines Much Less Effective Than Advertised
(Tyler Durden) The largest study yet to examine the efficacy of COVID vaccines in the wild has just been published by the University of Oxford and UK Office for National Statistics, and unsurprisingly it found that the efficacy rates for the Pfizer and Moderna are significantly lower than the 90%+ rates first advertised from the initial controlled trials.
According to the study, a preprint of which was published on Thursday, while the Pfizer, Moderna and AstraZeneca jabs still offer "good" protection against new infections, their efficacy has been reduced compared with Alpha. While having two doses of either vaccine still provides "at least the same level of protection as having had COVID-19", those who were vaccinated after already being infected demonstrated even higher levels of protection than those who either weren't infected and only received the jabs, or were infected, but didn't receive the jabs.
"We’re seeing here the real-world data of how two vaccines are performing, rather than clinical trial data, and the data sets all show how the delta variant has blunted the effectiveness of both the Pfizer and AstraZeneca jabs," said Simon Clarke, an associate professor in cellular microbiology at the University of Reading.
Despite all this, even after receiving two doses of a jab, those infected with delta showed much higher peak levels of the virus than those infected with alpha, or some other variant.
The study also highlighted differences between between vaccines: for example, the Moderna jab had "similar or greater effectiveness" against the delta variant as a single dose of the other vaccines. And while the Pfizer and Moderna jabs showed greater initial efficacy against infection than the AstraZeneca jab, this protection premium erodes after only 4-5 months.
Source: Bloomberg
The data also showed that delta increases transmissibility more than other COVID varients, even among the vaccinated, which backs up a recent assessment made by the American CDC.
The results raise more doubt about the possibility of ever achieving herd immunity via vaccination, said Sarah Walker, a professor of medical statistics and epidemiology at Oxford, who helped lead the study. That's not exactly a surprise.
Finally, one important piece of the puzzle that’s still missing is the data relating to hospitalizations and severe cases of COVID, according to Penny Ward, a visiting professor in pharmaceutical medicine at King’s College London, who wasn’t involved with the study, and spoke to Bloomberg about its results. It's possible the findings could support "cross-vaccination" with different types of jabs, which could offer more comprehensive protection, she said.
Editor’s note - It’s even worse than this study, according to Israeli data. Look at the last graph: 16% after 6mos https://www.gov.il/BlobFolder/reports/vaccine-efficacy-safety-follow-up-committee/he/files_publications_corona_two-dose-vaccination-data.pdf
August 6, 2021 - Public Health England - Technical Briefing 20
The Delta Variant in Those Over Age 50
~20,000,000 people in the UK over age of 50
~80% of the that population is vaccinated
~16,000,000 vaccinated and 4,000,000 unvaccinated
Cases:
21,472 in the “vaccinated” = .13% case rate in the vaccinated population
3,440 in the “unvaccinated” = .089% in the unvaccinated
0.041% higher case rate in the vaccinated
86.19% of all "cases" are vaccinated
Emergency Care that required an overnight stay (ONS):
1,131 in the “fully vaccinated” = .007% ONS rate in the vaccinated population
670 in the “unvaccinated” = .017% in the unvaccinated
0.01% higher overnight hospitalization rate for the unvaccinated
63% of all ONS hospitalizations are "vaccinated"
Deaths
389 in the “fully vaccinated” = .002% death rate in the vaccinated population
205 in the “unvaccinated” = .005% in the unvaccinated
0.003% higher death rate for the unvaccinated
65.49% of all deaths occurred in the "vaccinated"! Hear that "in the news"?
A total of 20,000,000 people, 80% are vaccinated leaving 4,000,000 unvaccinated and your TOTAL death count is 594 people? Seriously, how many of that number would have died from old age or a bad can of beans? The majority of Covid deaths in the UK occurred in those over 75 years old!
86.19% of “cases” are in the Vaccinated?
Where's the eff'en “95% efficacy”?
