Dumb that's why, the numbers were low when ppl were taking the shots regularly now they've sprung up again.
You're entitled to believe that, but I feel obliged to share that at this point, even the 'fact checkers' admit that they don't stop transmission:
Fact Check-Bill Gates did not say COVID-19 vaccines are ineffective
A snippet of an interview with Bill Gates has been taken out of context by social media users who claim the billionaire philanthropist “admitted” that COVID-19 vaccines are not very effective.
www.reuters.com
VERDICT
Missing context. Bill Gates’ words have been taken out of context. He did not say COVID-19 vaccines are not working very well; rather, he said preparation for the next pandemic will likely include research on vaccines that stop virus transmission, something they do not do now.
This article was produced by the Reuters Fact Check team. Read more about our fact-checking work here.
More to the point, so far none of the trials into vaccine 'effectiveness' have even attempted to measure whether the vaccines stop transmission, as Pfizer's lead scientist confessed to the European parliament (it's been virtually unreported in Australian media, certainly can't blame yourself or anyone else in the public for missing it!):
Janine Small, Pfizer’s president of international developed markets, was testifying before the European Union Parliament on Monday when she was asked the question by Dutch MEP Rob Roos.
“Was the Pfizer Covid vaccine tested on stopping the transmission of the virus before it entered the market?” Mr Roos asked.
“If not, please say it clearly. If yes, are you willing to share the data with this committee? And I really want a straight answer, yes or no, and I’m looking forward to it.”
“Regarding the question around, um, did we know about stopping the immunisation [sic] before it entered the market? No, haha,” she said.
“Uh, these, um, you know, we had to really move at the speed of science to really understand what is taking place in the market, and from that point of view we had to do everything at risk. I think Dr Bourla, even though he’s not here, would turn around and say to you himself, ‘If not us then who?’”
Ms Small said Dr Bourla “actually felt the importance of what was going on in the world, and therefore as a result of that, we actually, um, spent $US2 billion, at risk, of self-funded money from Pfizer, to be able to research, develop and manufacture at risk, to be able to make sure that we were in a position to be able to help with the pandemic”.
Mr Roos shared a brief clip of Ms Small’s response on Twitter, describing the answer as “scandalous”.
“Millions of people worldwide felt forced to get vaccinated because of the myth that ‘you do it for others’,” he said in the video, which has been viewed more than five million times.
“Now this turned out to be a cheap lie. This should be exposed.”
News.com is an absolute stain on the Australian media landscape, but occasionally, very occasionally, they're enormously useful for the simple fact they let their journalists print the things no other Australian media company will.