Pfizer vaccinees less likely to pass coronavirus to others
Findings indicate vaccination cuts risk of infecting others, reducing viral load by 1.6 to 20 times in vaccinated individuals who are Covid positive.
February 9, 2021, 9:51 am
An Israeli woman receives a Pfizer-BioNtech Covid-19 vaccine on February 7, 2021, in Hadera. Photo by Gili Yaari/Flash90
People who’ve received the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccination against Covid-19 seem significantly less likely to “shed” or transmit virus particles that may be in their nose or throat.
That is the finding of a study pre-published on February 8 by Israeli scientists from Covid testing centers MyHeritage Lab and the Central Virology Laboratory at Sheba Medical Center.