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Kind of, see other comment. There's no guarantee by Pfizer that the vaccine keeps people from transmitting. They've said that. It seems they've only tested that the one getting the vaccine doesn't develop symptoms. Hence h3cate's

> What will you having this vaccine do for anybody but yourself?

We don't know if the vaccine can substitute the mask for the time being.



You mean like any vaccine? They’re CYAing because no vaccine is 100% effective. It’s that simple.




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