CNN: When we see vaccinated people dying from Covid-19, how do you explain that vaccines are still worth taking?
Dr. Leana Wen:
We need to start with the science and what the research shows. The
Covid-19 vaccines are extraordinarily effective in preventing illness
and especially severe disease. The most recent data from the US Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention shows that they reduce the likelihood
of testing positive for Covid-19 by six-fold and the likelihood of death by 11-fold.
That
means that if you are vaccinated, you are six times less likely to get
Covid-19 than someone who's unvaccinated. And you are 11 times less
likely to die from Covid-19 compared to an unvaccinated person. That's
really excellent.
However,
the Covid-19 vaccines do not protect you 100%. No vaccine does, just
likely virtually no medical treatment is 100% effective. That doesn't
mean the vaccine doesn't work, or that you shouldn't take it.
It's like seat belts. Seat belts don't prevent 100% of deaths from motor vehicle collisions but it's when they don't work 1% of the time that you hear about it while the other 99% of the time that they work is ignored.
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