{"id":1580,"date":"2021-08-09T13:12:40","date_gmt":"2021-08-09T13:12:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.cov19longhaulfoundation.org\/?p=1580"},"modified":"2021-08-09T13:12:40","modified_gmt":"2021-08-09T13:12:40","slug":"data-suggests-vaccines-make-limited-difference-in-infectiousness-of-delta-variant-phe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cov19longhaulfoundation.org\/?p=1580","title":{"rendered":"Data Suggests Vaccines Make &#8220;Limited Difference In Infectiousness&#8221; Of Delta Variant: PHE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"font-size:22px\">Vaccinated people infected with&nbsp;the Delta variant of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/giving-the-right-name-to-the-virus-causing-a-worldwide-pandemic-2_3277200.html\">CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus<\/a>, which causes COVID-19, may be as infectious as their unvaccinated counterparts, early analysis from Public Health England (PHE) suggests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:22px\"><strong>This coincides with a recent study from the United States, where similar results were observed in Wisconsin.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-large is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong>\u201cSome initial findings \u2026 indicate that levels of virus in those who become infected with Delta having already been vaccinated may be similar to levels found in unvaccinated people,\u201d&nbsp;<\/strong>PHE said in a statement.<\/p><p>\u201cThis may have implications for people\u2019s infectiousness, whether they have been vaccinated or not,\u201d it added.<\/p><p>\u201cHowever, this is early exploratory analysis and further targeted studies are needed to confirm whether this is the case.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:22px\">The Delta variant, first identified in India, is currently the dominant&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-ccp-virus\">CCP virus<\/a>&nbsp;variant in England.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:22px\">In a technical briefing (<a href=\"https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/1009243\/Technical_Briefing_20.pdf\">pdf<\/a>) published on Friday, PHE said that NHS Test and Trace case data shows that since June 14, where&nbsp;cycle threshold (Ct) value data are available,&nbsp;<strong>the mean and median lowest Ct values are similar between vaccinated and unvaccinated people with the Delta variant, \u201cwith a median of 17.8 for unvaccinated and 18.0 for those with 2 vaccine doses.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:22px\">Ct value is the number of cycles needed to boost the viral signal in a sample when conducting an RT-PCR test.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:22px\">The non-age-stratified data indicates that \u201cwhilst vaccination may reduce an individual\u2019s overall risk of becoming infected, once they are infected there is limited difference in viral load (and Ct values) between those who are vaccinated and unvaccinated,\u201d&nbsp;PHE said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-large is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong>\u201cGiven they have similar Ct values, this suggests limited difference in infectiousness,\u201d<\/strong>&nbsp;the document reads, adding that&nbsp;test-seeking behaviour and true changes in the data such as the age distribution of cases can influence the findings.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:22px\">A recent study from&nbsp;Wisconsin,&nbsp;the United States observed a similar result.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">For More Information: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/covid-19\/data-suggests-vaccines-make-limited-difference-infectiousness-delta-variant-phe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/covid-19\/data-suggests-vaccines-make-limited-difference-infectiousness-delta-variant-phe<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vaccinated people infected with&nbsp;the Delta variant of the&nbsp;CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, which causes COVID-19, may be as infectious as their unvaccinated counterparts, early analysis from Public Health England (PHE) 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