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The people going out, being social and contributing to case counts are mostly younger healthy people. Which are among the last to get vaccinated. There was a fa
by kart23 6y ago
The people going out, being social and contributing to case counts are mostly younger healthy people. Which are among the last to get vaccinated. There was a fascinating article here a while ago claiming that if we vaccinated those people first, we actually would stop the spread far quicker.
- throwaway189262 6y agoYoung people have far lower fatality and hospitalization rates though. If COVID only infected people under 40 it would be equivalent to a bad flu season. A lot of reason for mask wearing and social distancing is to protect the vulnerable
- kart23 6y agoyeah, i mean that’s why we are vaccinating the most vulnerable first and i agree that’s the ethically right thing to do. but doing it the other way around would probably stop it quicker.
- Pinguinsan 6y agoHas the vaccine been shown to prevent transmission?