Before #COVID, I wasn't aware of vaccines that reduce the severity of an illness but don't make infection impossible or even very rare. Apparently this has been known for flu vaccines for ages. I thought that just meant that you hadn't been vaccinated against exactly the right flu strain.
https://www.cdc.gov/flu/vaccines-work/vaccineeffect.htm
#vaccination #health
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