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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Interesting seeing all the new "I've got covid" posts popping up now.  I wonder how many peeps secretly with they'd vaxxed.[/quote]
Again, for the millionth time, the vaccines don’t prevent transmission.[/quote]

That's not entirely true. While the vaccines do not and have never claimed to provide sterilizing immunity, there are studies that have shown a reduction in infection (and transmission), particularly in the weeks following vaccine administration. Here is one example:

[url]https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-022-02138-x[/url]

The CDC acknowledges that the vaccine's protection against infection tends to be "modest and sometimes short-lived."

[url]https://www.cdc.gov/respiratory-viruses/whats-new/5-things-you-should-know.html#:~:text=COVID%2D19%20vaccines%20provide%20sustained,at%20protecting%20against%20severe%20illness.[/url]

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These comments are about the historical covid vaccines, not the new booster. Which is why the CDC only cites reduction in disease severity as the reason to get the new booster and makes no mention of protection again infection or transmission in its Up-to-Date page. https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/stay-up-to-date.html[/quote]

Fair enough. However, there have been multiple statements throughout this thread that vaccines generally do nothing to prevent transmission (not limited to the new vaccine). [/quote]

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