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Don't we need to vaccinnate kids to reach herd immunity? Sure it doesn't make sense when you look at young people in isolation but that is beside the point.
by thomashop 5y ago
Don't we need to vaccinnate kids to reach herd immunity? Sure it doesn't make sense when you look at young people in isolation but that is beside the point.
- antibuddy 5y agoThe vaccines are not sterile, so they do not stop the spread either.
- ceejayoz 5y agoThis statement makes no sense. The mRNA vaccines are sterile; there's no active virus or bacteria in them. It's also conclusively determined they reduce transmission. (The sterility of a vaccine has no impact on its ability to reduce transmission, anyways; they're not linked. Live-virus vaccines like the flu nasal spray vaccine can still prevent disease.)
- valarauko 5y agoI think the comment was alluding to 'sterilizing immunity', rather than the aseptic nature of the vaccines themselves.
- rhino369 5y agoNot when you factor in immunity from recovered people. If we get to 60% of the total population plus 25% of the rest being immune from recovery, that is 70% total.