From the article:
“The study, which was conducted by Tel Aviv University and Clalit, reviewed the test results of 800 people — 400 of whom tested positive for the virus more than 14 days after receiving at least one vaccine dose. The other half was composed of unvaccinated individuals who also tested positive, Reuters reported. Although the South African variant made up around 1 percent of positive COVID-19 tests among the groups, it was 8 times more likely to show up in a patient who had received both doses of the Pfizer vaccine.”
When they say “tested positive” do they mean they showed symptoms of the variant COVID or just that variant COVID was detected in their bloodstream? Because as soon as I received my chicken pox vaccine the chicken pox virus would show up in my system even though I suffered no symptoms from it. It also says nothing about difference in severity of symptoms between the vaccinated and unvaccinated groups, which is kind of the important point because it determines whether you take up a finite resource (ICU beds) or not.
bingo