Why is this Covid vaccine stressing me out?

[Hannahande]

The reason social distancing and mask wearing, etc are still needed after the vaccine is because the thing measured in vaccine trials is disease symptoms not disease transmission which is much harder to measure.

The 95% or 80% or whatever effectiveness numbers you see are effectiveness of the vaccine to prevent disease symptoms.

As we all should know by now, you can still transmit covid19 without any symptoms which is why those measures still are needed to protect those around us.

So vaccine to protect yourself. Distancing and mask wearing to protect everyone else.

Thanks for this! This is informative and helpful. Btw, what are your thoughts regarding the Norway incident?

 

[Gold Dragon]

Thanks for this! This is informative and helpful. Btw, what are your thoughts regarding the Norway incident?

Almost all the deaths reported in Norway were very elderly and already near end of life. It is expected that a portion of this population will die soon after vaccination purely from coincidence or difficulty coping with mild side effects like diarrhoea and fever.

Norwegian investigation of COVID-19 vaccination risks for elderly, very frail patients

In recent days the TGA has received reports of about 30 deaths in over 40,000 elderly individuals in Norway vaccinated with the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine. The deaths were recorded among very frail patients, including some who were anticipated to only have weeks or months to live. Norwegian authorities report that in recent years in aged care an average of around 400 deaths typically occur each week.

The deaths were associated with fever, nausea and diarrhoea, which are relatively common short-lived effects that a number of people experience after vaccination. It is not expected that these common adverse reactions following immunisation will be of significance in the vast majority of individuals vaccinated with the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine.