aquascoot wrote on Oct 30
th, 2023 at 12:35pm:
...catching a disease twice after 3 vaccines doesn't sound like the definition of a vaccine to most "real" Australians
That's because you don't know how well vaccines
work—or, admittedly, don't necessarily work for
every person.
We're talking about "breakthrough" infections.
The incidence of infections among fully- and
partially-vaccinated people was 98.5% and 90%
lower, respectively, than for unvaccinated people.
This means that there is a recognised potential for
vaccinated people to contract COVID from a 1.5%
chance to a 10% chance.
This was acknowledged by researchers from early in
the vaccinations program, and pointed to the fact
that protection from COVID infections for fully
vaccinated people was extremely high.
These few facts were totally ignored and/or refuted
by the rabid anti-vaxxer brigade, often to the detriment
of their health.
Quote:The chances of being in an ICU bed in any given week if you’re unvaccinated is 60 per 1 million people, compared with 8 per 1 million people who have two or more doses of the vaccine.
Unvaccinated people are five to eight times more likely to end up in ICU than those who are vaccinated.
—
Australian Academy of Science, NSW Health COVID-19
Critical Intelligence Unit, 24 June 2022.