>"A vaccine that is not 100% effective can still be the difference between "exponential growth" and "peters out quickly". I'm not trying to be rude, but that is

>"A vaccine that is not 100% effective can still be the difference between "exponential growth" and "peters out quickly". I'm not trying to be rude, but that is kind of epidemiology 101 - meaning, take that as an indication that you are not fully informed on this topic." And in epdiemiology 102, you learn a near-eradicating policy is one of the most dangerous things you can do: >"Then, suddenly, a new epidemic appears as if from nowhere. This is an illustration of a phenomenon known as the ‘honeymoon period’. This is the period of very low incidence that immediately follows the introduction of a non-eradicating mass vaccination policy." More in my earlier post here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13656252 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13656252