Add news of Scottish study indicating reduction in transmission from …

…vaccinated individuals This is in "News" for now because the actual study has not been published, only a press release. Hopefully will remember to add to "Vaccines" once it's out since it seems quite important.
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 * [Confidential European Commission documents seen by a German media team show a majority of EU member states wanted "traditional" vaccines and were "very little interested" in new-type jabs from BioNTech-Pfizer and Moderna](https://www.dw.com/en/covid-vaccines-largely-unwanted-at-first-slowed-eu-talks-report/a-56480023), published on Deutsche Welle, states that considerations of unknown efficacy, price, and logistical complexity of the mRNA vaccines made most EU state push for other, better-known types
 * [EU hails deals to get more vaccine shots, tackle variants](https://medicalxpress.com/news/2021-02-eu-hails-vaccine-shots-tackle.html) with a new contract for 150 million Moderna doses in 2021 and another 150 million in 2022 (see [EU press release](https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_21_655)), and more doses of Pfizer/BioNTech secured
 * [COVID: Several European countries halt use of AstraZeneca vaccine](https://www.dw.com/en/covid-several-european-countries-halt-use-of-astrazeneca-vaccine/a-56835406) with at least two batches under scrutiny after deaths and throbosis-related events in Austria, Italy and Denmark, which have not so far conclusively linked to the vaccine, but invesigation is in progress
+* [Covid-19 vaccine linked to a reduction in transmission](https://www.publichealthscotland.scot/news/2021/march/covid-19-vaccine-linked-to-a-reduction-in-transmission/) in a Scottish study, not yet published, examining around 300000 healthcare workers, and finding that compared to unvaccinated workers, vaccination results in a 30% reducting in COVID-19 among members of the vaccinated workers' households after the first shot, and 54% after the second, nothing that this of course underestimates protection because household members can also be infected from other sources
 
 
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