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The point of raising immunity is to (speculatively) make it easier to keep the transmission rate low. So other measures become less necessary. Maybe we could op
by standardUser 6y ago
The point of raising immunity is to (speculatively) make it easier to keep the transmission rate low. So other measures become less necessary. Maybe we could open schools, for example. This seems to be what has happened in the places that have been hit hardest. But obviously partial immunity in the population is only one factor impacting the transmission rate. There's masks and lack of indoor gatherings, etc. Though I hear in France, which was hit very hard, they're not even bothering with masks any longer.
- TomVDB 6y agoYes. But increased immunity is only useful if it reduces transmission rates substantially, measurably. And that requires a very high immunity rate. It’s pointless to pursue an increase in immunity when the transmission rate only reduces by some negligible amount that’s in the noise. In how many ways do I have to restate the same concept?