from Hacker News

Three quarters of infected in Massachusetts outbreak were vaccinated, CDC says

by penultimatebro on 7/31/21, 6:17 PM with 9 comments

• by didjathinkmess on 7/31/21, 6:28 PM

  "The new data found that fully vaccinated people who get infected carry as much of the virus in their nose as unvaccinated people, and could spread it to others"

  There goes that "for the greater good" incentive for getting vaccinated. And people are still thinking vaccines should be mandatory?

  It seems that the only people who don't spread now are people who have previously had COVID-19 or those who have cross reactive immunity from a previous coronavirus strain. Even better if you've gotten a single dose in addition to a natural infection.

  I propose robust research and testing which will prove natural immunity (not antibody testing, long term immunity such as B and T-cells) for use with any kind of potential "passport" for travel, business, etc. The latest data from the article is proving that natural immunity (which is lifelong and protects against variants) is king.

• by nibsfive on 7/31/21, 7:32 PM

  This is why we need nasal vaccines. The current vaccines prevent escalation but not initial replication in the nose.