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Not sure I understand you. If most of the US is vaccinated, do you think the US will have to continue lockdown simply because most of Africa hasn’t yet gotten t

Not sure I understand you. If most of the US is vaccinated, do you think the US will have to continue lockdown simply because most of Africa hasn’t yet gotten the vaccine? Substitute whatever country you are worried about. I fully suspect that once the older folks and health care get vaccinated, at some point ICUs will start clearing out and lockdowns will start coming off.

falcolas 6y ago
> If most of the US is vaccinated These vaccines aren't all going to the US (or at least, not that I've heard about). I've been hearing 600,000 vaccinations (granted, this is from politicians, so ready your salt) this year in the US. > ICUs will start clearing out and lockdowns will start coming off In which case they'll fill right back up (as is being aptly demonstrated in the US right now). It's not just the elderly who are filling those beds - slightly over half of the hospitalizations are under 65, pretty consistently throughout the pandemic.
- wang_li 6y ago
  > I've been hearing 600,000 vaccinations (granted, this is from politicians, so ready your salt) this year in the US. I don't know where you're hearing that, but the US is already doing more than 300,000 vaccinations per day (302,000 on 1/1 and 325,000 on 1/2.) If we maintain that rate we'll have 100% vaccination before the end of the year. Of course not everyone will take the vaccine, but "600,000 vaccinations this year" is wrong.