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Originally Posted by AnnieK

Its fantastic news.

It's the most important thing by far but it will mean remembering that the only figures worth watching (once vaccination percentage is high) will be hospitalisations and deaths, case numbers will become somewhat irrelevant.

Will also be interesting to keep an eye on data about how transmissable Covid is from asymptomatic people, which I assume will be a big reaearch focus once the vaccines are in full swing. If risk of transmission from an asymptomatic person is low then it's even better news. I *think* early data has suggested that you're much less likely to get in "in passing" from an asymptomatic person because they're not coughing/sneezing/otherwise... erm... secreting... and the only real risk with asymptomatic transmission is between people who live in close proximity or frequently get "very close". In short, you could probably catch it quite easily from an asymptomatic person if you're snogging their face off, but not if you were sat next to them on a train.