You are completely right. Even when vaccinated no guarantee if you get infected again it will have no serious health problems. So a strong advice, vaccinated or not keep on following the rules as described.
I will have you know Jimlad (), my favourite pirate, that I wash EVERYTHING twice a month (if it has an 'a' in it), once a month (if it has an 'e' in it) and if it has a 'u' I take a break from this over-scrubbing. First relevant letter in each month counts (just in case I am asked by those who want to copy my routine).
Agreed, and they voiced it all the way down the line too. The variants are to be expected. Moderna is at work on a booster.
Nobody is jamming anything, they are being very transparent, and cautious. I look at the odds, so I'll take the vaccine.
Moderna and Pfizer are my tops, but I'll take what gets here. Too bad we can't form an Expat's Buyers Club and go in with a pharma or other org and get Moderna.
There appears to be some issues with efficacy results from field testing due to the number of variables (including variants of the virus) - but I read that sinovac is preventing serious illness, although perhaps not very efficacious at stopping the disease. I have not read anything about this, but surely if a vaccine can stop serious illness (such that the illness is perhaps no more than the equivalent of mild flu) then it could be of use in the creation of a passive/acquired herd immunity. Mind you, I wouldn't have it!
I can understand hesitancy to Sinovac because I share the same concerns, yet I decided to take it. I delayed for several days to research it as best I could. The clinical trials and real life experience with this vaccine was in Chile, Turkey and Indonesia. All the trials took place later than and in areas with more new variants than did Pfizer, Moderna or AstraZeneca. I say this not to dispute that the other vaccines are comparable to Sinovac in efficacy but to point that the efficacy depends on timing and location and all the early vaccines would almost certainty have lower efficacy figures now. The area where the lowest Sinovac efficacy was recorded was Brazil, there they were giving the second dose after only two weeks, they have since discover that almost all vaccines provide much better with a longer wait between doses so now they are waiting 28 days. The trials and real word data show that when given in the proper time frame Sinovac provides substantial protection against severe illness and death. Real protection comes two weeks after the second dose, little or nothing for the first month. Sinovac was my last choice choice, I would not have taken it if all the data came from China because, frankly I don't trust them. None the less I am glad I took it and look forward to my second dose on may 20th. Please don't construe this as an argument to persuade you to take Sinovac or in fact any vaccine. A lot will depend on your age and personal situation and believes, but I did find it a interesting decision that many of you may have to make yourself in the near future.
