COVID-19 may still be transmissible between vaccinated individuals, the ability of vaccinations to prevent serious illness will keep extreme restrictions — such as lockdowns — from making a comeback, medical experts say.Israel recently found that the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine’s effectiveness in preventing both infection and symptomatic disease fell to 64 per cent since June 6, its health ministry said.
Israel reports drop in Pfizer vaccine’s effectiveness in preventing COVID-19 infection However, the vaccine was 93 per cent effective in preventing hospitalizations and serious illness from the coronavirus.University of Toronto epidemiologist Colin Furness said that the rate of transmission is still the most important metric to follow even.