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Letters: Vaccine protection, history lessons, borders, Israel and the disabled
22 Dec, 2020 04:00 PM
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Trials so far show vaccination does not prevent the acquisition and asymptomatic carriage of the Covid-19 virus. Photo / AP
NZ Herald
Vaccine and borders A number of recent letters make an optimistic link between the coming Covid vaccines and possible relaxation of border quarantine restrictions.
The efficacy of the vaccination against symptomatic disease is good but, unfortunately, the available published data from the large efficacy trials show that vaccination does not prevent the acquisition and asymptomatic carriage of this virus.
It may somewhat reduce the chances of asymptomatic infection (this is not yet established) but being vaccinated will not mean that an apparently healthy person can avoid quarantine as they could still be a superspreader.
Laura Fergusson Rehabilitation s Greenlane centre in Auckland.
Photo: RNZ
University of Auckland health specialist Des Gorman has backed the change, saying the Laura Fergusson Trust simply cannot afford to keep running because government funding for its services is too low.
But sceptics worry the board is operating under a veil of secrecy and say if the trust s site is sold it will leave disabled people in Auckland with nowhere to go.
The Laura Fergusson Trust has been providing rehabilitation therapies for disabled people since 1970.
But in August it closed its Greenlane rehabilitation centre and now it is moving to sell it.