Covid vaccines being used in Britain are working 'spectacularly well' at slashing hospital admissions in Scotland and preventing even mild infections among health workers in England, the first real-world data revealed today. Out of 23,324 health workers in the study, 89 per cent were vaccinated by February 5. Researchers presented their findings as hazard ratios, with a figure of 0.19 converting to an 81 per cent risk reduction. What the results REALLY mean: How Britain's second wave of Covid COULD have looked if we had all been vaccinated When it comes to Covid vaccines and whether or not they actually work, scientists have bombarded the public with an array of confusing figures. For example, an 85 per cent reduction in the risk of hospitalisation from Covid would have a dramatic effect on the NHS.

Source: The Nation February 24, 2021 20:04 UTC