“Relative to no #vaccination,TwoDose VE against #hospitalization was estimated at 25% at 150 days or more after receipt. #ThirdDose VE was 68% at 7 to 119 days and 36% thereafter (median days, 235). #FourthDose VE among patients aged 65 years or older was 66% at 7 to 59 days and 57% thereafter (median days, 88).”
Imagine a world in which everyone was told "The VE for this will drop to 36% after 120 days" instead of "Vaxx and relax!"
Yes, absolutely. There were a lot of politicians, in particular, who were eager to push it as the end of the pandemic. Thankfully there were people out there saying it wouldn't stop the spread early on. My wife, as a teacher, got her first shot in the first round they were given out, but she didn't stop being cautious at that point as so many others did.
@BE I still remember when Dr Catherine Moore (@SmallRedOne ) observed early in the pandemic the challenges of developing vaccines for coronaviruses (to whit at that point we never had). We let our hubris of “see it works” blind us to asking “but for how long?”