Vaccination doesn`t guarantee 100% protection, wearing mask is must
By: Team Ifairer | Posted: 07-01-2021
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"Firstly, efficacy of the vaccine is not 100 percent. In fact, the Oxford vaccine has an efficacy of about 70 per cent with two standard doses, and studies on Covaxin is still undergoing. Secondly, studies have been designed to look for Covid-19 disease, and not the infection. One could still theoretically get infected and not diseased despite being vaccinated. Such individuals could spread the infection. Wearing masks will prevent this spread. Thirdly, it will be an operational nightmare to police those who have been and have not been vaccinated and have a differential masking policy."
Asked if a person can still get infected after vaccination , he said the published efficacy data of Oxford vaccine with two full doses is not high. "So, one could get infected even after vaccination. The hope is that once a significant proportion of the population is immune, either through vaccination or a past infection, the transmission of the virus will die down, resulting in a herd immunity," he said.