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Sterilizing or no herd immunity works if you can push R0 below 1. Below 1 fewer and fewer people get infection and the cycle stops.
by vajrabum 5y ago
Sterilizing or no herd immunity works if you can push R0 below 1. Below 1 fewer and fewer people get infection and the cycle stops.
- ekianjo 5y agoYeah but (current) vaccines are not stopping the transmission anyway, so they don't decrease R at all. That's been abundantly demonstrated already. (which is what Israel is finding out now after vaccinating almost everyone).
- vajrabum 5y agoThe vaccine does slow the rate of infection even Delta, but 59.9% is the current percentage of fully vaccinated in Israel and that's good but it's far from everyone. Very far given the infectiousness of Delta.