WHO Chief Scientist: No evidence Yet Vaccines Will Prevent COVID19 Infections

The World Health Organization’s (WHO) Chief Scientist Dr. Soumya Swaminathan expressed skepticism over what exactly the coronavirus vaccine actually does with regards to transmissibility while speaking during a WHO press briefing Monday.

A reporter asked if someone who was traveling from overseas and had received the vaccine would pose a risk for community transmission if they visited a place where there is limited community spread.

“I think what we are learning now and continue to wait for more results from vaccine trials, is to really understand if these vaccines, apart from preventing symptomatic disease and severe disease and deaths, whether they are also going to reduce infections or prevent people from getting infected with the virus, preventing them from passing it on or transmitting it to other people,” Swaminathan said.