Huh. Pfizer's research concludes it's mRNA Emergency Use Authorization drug is 100% effective. But the Israelis have "vaccinated" people who are infected. I wonder who's wrong and who's lying? What say you SAFETY CULT morons? I'd guess you'd side with the Israeli finding since that would mean that any and all other strains/variants might also be capable of defeating the drugs to one degree or another, and no matter how small the newly infected number is, that would mean, for SAFETY, that masks, "social distancing", limited "gathering size", business shutdowns and general lockdowns would have to be in place forever. That and the fact that nowhere near "everyone" or even whatever made up number for the requisite "herd immunity" goal is being bandied about by the various "experts" (all differing in their choice of percentage) will ever come to pass. Lying morons and fascist propagandists.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/real-world-israeli-data-shows-south-african-variant-better-at-bypassing-vaccine/Israeli data shows South African variant able to ‘break through’ Pfizer vaccine
Strain is more effective than original COVID and the British variant at bypassing the shot, Israeli scientists find, in first-of-its-kind, real-world studyThe South African variant of the coronavirus is notably more adept at “breaking through” the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine than other variants are, Israeli scientists have found, in a first-of-its-kind real-world study.
Israel has used the Pfizer vaccine almost exclusively to vaccinate millions of citizens, with a version by Moderna, based on similar innovative mRNA technology, used minimally.
A team from Tel Aviv University and the Clalit healthcare organization sequenced the swabs of 150 Israelis who tested positive for COVID-19 despite having been vaccinated.
In their study, the prevalence of the South African strain
among vaccinated individuals who were infected despite their inoculation was eight times higher than its prevalence in the unvaccinated infected population. Though the number of such infections among the vaccinated was relatively small, the findings indicated that this variant was far more successful in getting through vaccinated individuals’ defenses than other strains.
Prof. Ran Balicer, director of research at Clalit, said the study was “very important.”
“It is the first in the world to be based on real-world data, showing that the vaccine is less effective against the South African variant, compared to both the original virus and the British variant,” he said.
Balicer added that
the results call for continued vigilance against the coronavirus, including social distancing and wearing masks in indoor spaces, to prevent infection.The research, which has been posted online but not yet peer-reviewed, is
likely to raise questions about Pfizer’s own real-world study, which found that in South Africa, despite the local strain being prevalent, the vaccine was 100 percent effective.The Tel Aviv research appears to corroborate a recent study from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, which found that the vaccine response is less effective against the South African variant. It drew its conclusion by analyzing blood samples, while the new research is based on actual sequenced test results.