As there have been so many arguments on mumsnet about whether vaccinations offer only personal protection or wider public protection (threads calling for those not vaccinated ashamed etc) I thought some of you might find this latest research from the European Journal of Epidemiology interesting.
This is the research paper link:
link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10654-021-00808-7
and this is a wider discussion article of the findings:
fee.org/articles/vaccination-rates-not-linked-to-lower-covid-rates-epidemiology-paper-finds/
The upshot appears to be that higher vaccination rates do not equal lower covid infection rates (if additional measures like distancing, handwashing etc are not also implemented), vaccines do little to limit transmission however they do limit the chance of a poor personal outcome hence they offer personal not public protection.
The FEE discussion article is a particularly interesting read.
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Latest research: Vaccines offer personal not public protection
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CuriousUnderTheStairs · 16/10/2021 12:39
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