COVID-19 Outbreak Information Updates (Reboot) [over 150.000,000 US cases (est.), 6,422,520 US hospitilizations, 1,148,691 US deaths.]

Same. From what I was reading when there was talk of giving everyone one shot, then getting the second when able is that they range 50-60% effective at 2 weeks. But the key thing to me at least is that your body, even if it gets sick, would have a step up to attack the virus quicker and avoid the major illness. It’s the laying ina bed with a tube slowly dying like my friends brother for 53 days that scares the hell out of me.

Exactly. I have been a very strong proponent of sticking to the two shot regimen, but the data seems to possibly support going the max effort one shot now, and one whenever you can get it type of plan.

"Until now, Israel’s speedy coronavirus vaccination rollout has been the source of awe, envy (and some criticism) worldwide. But with the release of preliminary data on how hundreds of thousands of people have responded to the shots, it’s also set to be the source of groundbreaking insights expected to help bolster vaccination efforts globally.

Most notably, the data released Tuesday by the Health Ministry shows that the vaccine significantly cut down infection levels among sample sizes even before full protection kicks in after the second of two doses.

Medics have been tracking infection levels among some 600,000 people who received the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, a group almost 30 times bigger than the one involved in the large-scale Phase 3 trial that preceded the US Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the shot.

A Health Ministry official announced that the vaccine curbs infections by some 50 percent 14 days after the first of two shots is administered. She said that the data is preliminary, and based on the results of coronavirus tests among both those who have received the vaccine and those who haven’t, who are are serving as a de facto control group."

https://www.timesofisrael.com/how-w...israels-real-world-stats-can-be-globes-guide/