Remember when you hear talk about people being "vaccinated" that in the main we're still talking about people receiving only one jab. For the full benefits, they'll need both. For example, in England 1% of people have had both injections.
This context is also important to remember in terms of the behaviour of the individuals who have been “vaccinated”
They’ll be protected but not so much that danger has passed.
They’ll be protected but not so much that danger has passed.
In Scotland the % of population which has been has two doses 0.1%, in Wales that’s 0%, in Northern Ireland it’s 1.4%.
It’s still a high level of protection but until that second dose comes, we can’t think that vaccinations will let us off the hook in terms of restrictions.
It’s still a high level of protection but until that second dose comes, we can’t think that vaccinations will let us off the hook in terms of restrictions.
And the danger of talking about those “vaccinated” while we’re still talking about one dose is that it tempts us to forget those two things.
Great breakdown of the relative effectiveness of each of the different vaccines with one dose vs two here. It's not that it's the wrong thing to do, it's about being accurate with what we're talking about and what we might expect. https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210114-covid-19-how-effective-is-a-single-vaccine-dose
Some interesting data here from a Israel on what you get from second doses https://twitter.com/ariehkovler/status/1351180054911397896