One of the most frequently repeated lies from the doctors of disinformation is that the COVID vaccines are a failure because some vaccinated people still got COVID?
Why is that wrong?
Because preventing transmission of infection, though laudable, is NOT the primary goal of vaccination
The PRIMARY goal of vaccination is to prevent DEATH. The SECONDARY goal is to prevent SEVERE disease, aka ending up in ICU on a vent.
Preventing transmission and mild outpatient illness is nice but that is NOT why we vaccinate. Keeping you out of a pine box is.
For the reason that matters most, the COVID mRNA vaccines are crazy good.
Here is yet even more proof.
Can you think of any other medical intervention that reduces risk of death 14 fold?
The COVID mRNA vaccines are SPECTACULARLY effective.
The doctors of disinformation are SPECTACULARLY wrong.
https://www.aha.org/news/headline/2023-02-09-cdc-vaccinated-americans-14-times-less-likely-die-covid-19
The study is garbage and is so far removed from real world data it should be obvious it has severe limitations. It's a puff piece, and here's one of the admitted major limitations: "this ecologic study could not adjust for important confounders that might contribute to rate differences, such as possible variations in infection-derived immunity, co-morbidities, and testing or prevention behaviors by age and vaccination status."
Also, there is no mention of absolute risk reduction, which is obviously ridiculously low now with the sniffles and the risk of death falling to between 1 in 1,000,000 to 1 in 10,000,000 depending on age. The number needed to treat in order to save one life must be in the millions, but of course they leave that out. And there isn't even a mention, let alone an analysis, of side effects, which at this miniscule level of "protection," are insane to take on this level of risk of being maimed or killed. It's state sanctioned Russian roulette.