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In case of influenza, you only need innumity for 30% of the population.
by maallooc 6y ago
In case of influenza, you only need innumity for 30% of the population.
- _ph_ 6y agoBut it isn't influenza.
- maallooc 6y agoAnd we don’t know whether we need 60% pop. Deadly diseases tend to have lower rates.
- _ph_ 6y agoNo, we don't know for sure, but the 60+% are the current estimate based on the data available. The rates are not so much dependant on how "deadly" a disease is, but on how long you don't know you have the disease before you get noticeably sick. And there Covid-19 is so nasty. As far as we know, one is infectious for some time before (if ever) you get sick. On the other side, those who do get sick, get so badly.