[LINK] Covid 'Cures' cf. Spread-Dampening

[Roger Clarke]

On 30/4/21 4:29 pm, Stephen Loosley wrote:
> Revealed: How a single pill home-cure for Covid could be available this year ...

Aside:  I worry about any source that uses the word 'cure'.


On a related matter, the US and UK appear to be working on the
assumption that, once some level of the poulation has been vaccinated,
herd immunity is being approached and restrictions can be eased.

But the vaccines were designed to be protective of the vaccinated
individual against the virus.

The extent to which the vaccines reduce the capacity of vaccinated
people from spreading the virus appears to be unclear from the science,
and hence dependent on empirical evidence from social experiments.

Has anyone seen any serious attempts to assess the effectiveness of the
vaccines in reducing infections?

(As distinct from effectiveness in reducing the impact of the virus on
infected individuals - which I gather does seem to be the case with most
of the various vaccines).


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