They can also greatly lower the chance of catching the disease in the first place, so it seems like I’m not the one who needs a lecture about how the vaccines work.
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Codilingus@sh.itjust.works 2 months agoNot how vaccines work, they lower the chance of extreme symptoms and increase survival chances. They don’t prevent catching the illness.
EleventhHour@lemmy.world 2 months ago
While it’s not a 100% guarantee of prevention, they absolutely can help prevent infection by significantly boosting immunity. Even previous boosters can help prevent future variants:
pennmedicine.org/…/new-findings-on-immune-respons…
Codilingus@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
True! I was more or less being lazy and keeping it simple.
EleventhHour@lemmy.world 2 months ago
No, you were just wrong and being a dick about it