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Coronavirus cases are surging in several U.S. states with relatively high vaccination rates, prompting concern among health officials who had hoped inoculations would help curb the COVID-19 pandemic. The current uptick — arriving exactly one year after last winter’s massive COVID wave — appears to be the start of a seasonal spike in places with cooler weather that were spared the worst of the initial U.S. Delta surge, which hit undervaccinated Southern states hardest this summer.
originally posted by: NightSkyeB4Dawn
a reply to: Waterglass
Interesting that the flu vaccine works so well, even a year or two out, yet the COVID vaccines work so poorly.
originally posted by: OccamsRazor04
originally posted by: NightSkyeB4Dawn
a reply to: Waterglass
Interesting that the flu vaccine works so well, even a year or two out, yet the COVID vaccines work so poorly.
No idea why you think that. The flu vaccine works great for the variant it is designed against, and does almost nothing for other variants. Covid vaccine is incredibly effective, more so than the flu vaccine, but it was not designed against the delta variant.
How effective are flu vaccines?
CDC conducts studies each year to determine how well influenza (flu) vaccines protect against flu. While vaccine effectiveness (VE) can vary, recent studies show that flu vaccination reduces the risk of flu illness by between 40% and 60% among the overall population during seasons when most circulating flu viruses are well-matched to those used to make flu vaccines.
originally posted by: OccamsRazor04
a reply to: kimish
Easy. The CDC says the flu vaccine at it's best is 40-60% effective. When it is not well matched it's far less effective.
How effective are flu vaccines?
CDC conducts studies each year to determine how well influenza (flu) vaccines protect against flu. While vaccine effectiveness (VE) can vary, recent studies show that flu vaccination reduces the risk of flu illness by between 40% and 60% among the overall population during seasons when most circulating flu viruses are well-matched to those used to make flu vaccines.
www.cdc.gov...
originally posted by: OccamsRazor04
originally posted by: NightSkyeB4Dawn
a reply to: Waterglass
Interesting that the flu vaccine works so well, even a year or two out, yet the COVID vaccines work so poorly.
No idea why you think that. The flu vaccine works great for the variant it is designed against, and does almost nothing for other variants. Covid vaccine is incredibly effective, more so than the flu vaccine, but it was not designed against the delta variant.