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Most Americans are getting vaccinated. This title makes it seem like most are not Edit: “almost all” changed to “most”

• colinmhayes 5y ago
  68% of adults is not what I would call almost all. That number has barely budged in months so it seems there is a good 30% of Americans who will not get vaccinated.
  • h2odragon 5y ago
    Does the number of people infected and recovered figure in anywhere? natural antibodies are likely to be better, imo.
    • ryathal 5y ago
      That number matters for herd immunity, but it's basically unknowable, it's likely that puts the US above 70%.
    • volker48 5y ago
      Seems like vaccine antibodies target a broader range of variants https://directorsblog.nih.gov/2021/06/22/how-immunity-generated-from-covid-19-vaccines-differs-from-an-infection/ https://directorsblog.nih.gov/2021/06/22/how-immunity-genera... Antibody titers are higher from vaccines as well. "After the second dose of the vaccine, antibody titers were up to 10 times higher than those of patients who had recovered from natural COVID-19 infection, suggesting that even those with prior exposure could benefit from vaccination." https://www.contagionlive.com/view/immune-response-from-mrna-covid-19-vaccines-is-more-robust-than-natural-infection https://www.contagionlive.com/view/immune-response-from-mrna...