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Originally Posted by kyteflyer
I’m seeing a lot of posts which seem to indicate that people think that the vaccination will prevent them from catching Covid-19. It will not. You just wont get as sick as you might without it, and the chance of getting Long Covid is reduced. Additionally, I think that the only vax which protects somewhat against the south african variant is Moderna (or they are about to release an update to their existing… either/or). I’m had my first shot… but it was the Astrazeneca one, which only protects against the original and the UK variant, so if any of the others hit our shores, I will be masking up if out and staying home otherwise.
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Umm... no. While vaccination isn't guaranteed to stop you catching Covid, it does makes you much less likely to catch it, as well as making the illness less sever if you do catch it.
All the current vaccines give some protection against all the currently known variants. I don't think there have been any studies showing whether any are better than others against particular variants.