Trying to keep objective.
But looking at the numbers around boosters, my main concern is that the results are being absurdly undersold.Most people are sick of COVID, sick of being told what to do, and are thinking of boosters are a nice-to-have.
They are transformative.
The control trials, and the real-world data agree. Boosters don’t just restore your protection against COVID. They make it *better* than it ever was with two doses.
Result: we boost less than half of 80+s in the UK, and the observations nearly break my graph.
But will this boosted protection – however impressive – also wane eventually?
We don’t have much data yet. But the first person to be boosted now 8+ months clear. And his antibody results are still topping out higher than the test can register.
European countries have plenty of doses; the main obstacle to a safe, healthy, open winter seems to be … a comms issue.
I’ve not heard politicians or media communicating anywhere near how well boosters work.
Please get on with it. All visuals open for use if helpful.
Originally tweeted by Paul Mainwood (@PaulMainwood) on November 18, 2021.