Jerry Dunk
Refugee
I have some friends in government positions who are privy to some of this data, and the limited information I have heard has been "the early data suggests it's probably at least 1-2 years, but we don't have anywhere near enough data to say that definitively."Good news is that Israel has shown the rna vaccines provide great blockage against the B117 variant. If that one is the primary here in another month than our vaccination efforts will produce good results.
What we don’t know are the SA and Brazil variants and how much they knock down protection. Boosters will be needed regardless but not sure that’s something to be knocked out immediately. There’s also the ones we have no idea about since we let this thing wash over us and gave it plenty of opportunity to rapidly mutate.
Has anyone seen any data on projected immunity from the vaccines ? CDC says if it’s been longer than 3 months since 2nd shot and you’re exposed that you should quarantine out of precaution.
The main long-term issues are going to be the large numbers of people refusing to take it, and the limited interest by pharma companies and rich nations in getting the vaccines to poorer nations.