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Yes, vaccination of 50% of the people results in a four-fold decrease in transmission - more or less. Transmission varies with the virus. Measles is so infectiv
by aurizon 5y ago
Yes, vaccination of 50% of the people results in a four-fold decrease in transmission - more or less.
Transmission varies with the virus. Measles is so infective that one person can infect all the susceptible people in a 25 foot square room in 1 minute. SARS-2 is a lot less infectious. Specialists in viral spread can show different maps for each virus - usually over a range of infectivity ratios (R value). Sars-2 = https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(20)30840-9/fulltext https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3...
Measles has a value of 12-18...
- verdverm 5y agoThe fact that vaccination rollout and infection rates overlap to the normal flu season cycles has no relevance then? That we aren't at 50% yet have seen the numbers go dramatically down prior to reaching half vaccinated, there must be something else contributing, yes?