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> If the globe reached herd immunity as fast as possible then there wouldn't be enough time for any variant to become established. That's obviously false, give
by throwawayfire 6y ago
> If the globe reached herd immunity as fast as possible then there wouldn't be enough time for any variant to become established.
That's obviously false, given that we are observing many meaningful variants without anything close to herd immunity.
Each person infected is an additional chance of a variant with antigenic escape, let alone vaccine escape.