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Source: The Hill
Two doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine are 88 percent effective against the delta variant, according to a new study.
The study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine on Wednesday from researchers at Public Health England, offers reassurance about the effectiveness of the vaccines against the delta variant.
The 88 percent effectiveness against the delta variant was only modestly lower than the 93.7 percent effectiveness against the alpha variant, which was first identified in the United Kingdom.
The findings reinforce earlier data from Public Health England in May finding 88 percent effectiveness against delta.
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Well, I doubt that this news will keep Republicans and right wing media from continuing to push the talking point that it is somehow a person's patriotic, racist duty to go unvaccinated and perhaps spread the disease and die so that Republicans have a better chance to win in 2022. I can see it now. Kevin McCarthy: "Biden has failed to do a better job of fighting the lies that we try to spread!"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?vpvWGQk-aV-8