Reply to @gapup https://hotcopper.com.au/posts/53031623/single

Dribble you say?

OK.

Here's an article from a "news site" that's been posted a few times on HC: Scientific Study shows the Pfizer Vaccine puts people at higher risk of catching Covid – Daily Expose

Its headline is:

"Scientific Study shows the Pfizer Vaccine puts people at higher risk of catching Covid"

And some words from the body of the article:

"A scientific study carried out in Israel has found that those who have received at least one dose of the Pfizer vaccine are up to eight times more likely to contract Covid-19, specifically the alleged “variants of concern” including the South African variant as labelled by authorities."

Here is the study as published on a pre-print server. As far as I can see it is still undergoing peer review.

Evidence for increased breakthrough rates of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern in BNT162b2 mRNA vaccinated individuals (medrxiv.org)


So, is the statement made by Daily Expose as quoted above an accurate and reasonable representation of the findings of the study? Can we reasonably conclude that the Pfizer vaccine increases the risk of catching covid?