Vaccine Update

I admit it it. My first reaction to this story was, ’told ya so!’ My second reaction wasn’t much more evolved- something along the lines of ’duh!’ Eventually I was able to access a deeper part of my humanity and feel genuine disappointment that the vaccine breakthrough is even less than it appeared on first blush. 

The press release touted an approximately 1/3 reduction in the number of new infections among people in the vaccine arm, compared to those who received a dummy or placebo vaccine. If validated a vaccine with even this modest level of protection would indeed be a breakthrough.