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You have no right to spread disease and exacerbate a public health emergency.

angelzen 5y ago
Permanent public health emergency. What is the long term plan? Our current vaxxing target (or boosting, I lost track) is at 98% of the population. Soon we'll be at 105% and beyond. Then what? Edit: Reformulated for clarity (hopefully), quoting recent remarks by the President. Now that I read the transcript, the content is a bit muddy, but clearly he thinks 75% vaccination rate target is too small and 96/97/98 vaccination rate is laudable. https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2021/09/27/remarks-by-president-biden-while-receiving-a-covid-19-booster-shot https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/20... Q How many — how many Americans need to be vaccinated for us to go back to normal? Like what is the percentage of total vaccinations that have to be deployed? THE PRESIDENT: Well, I think — look, I think we get the vast majority — like is going on in so many — some industries and some schools — 96, 97, 98 percent. I think we’re getting awful close. But I’m not the scientist. I think — but one thing for certain: A quarter of the country can’t go unvaccinated and us not continue to have a problem.
- caslon 5y ago
  It's actually only around 60% of the nation that's got a single dose or more. We aren't anywhere close to 98%.
  - mcguire 5y ago
    Specifically, 55.07% (fully) and 8.47% (partially). (https://ourworldindata.org/covid-vaccinations https://ourworldindata.org/covid-vaccinations)
  - oyashirochama 5y ago
    He likely means the Adult and eligible population, we are close to 80% if not higher that has at least a single dose.
    - angelzen 5y ago
      I meant vaccination targets, according to recent remarks by the President. I edited the OP accordingly.
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- munk-a 5y ago
  This pandemic isn't a scenario in a board game where the rules are clear cut and easy to parse. A lot of the "wishy-washy"-ness that people attribute to the CDC is actually just them responding to the changing situation on the ground. People demand to know what percentage of the population needs to be vaccinated to return to normal so answers are given - but those answers will change as our understanding evolves. Vaccinations save lives - and not only your own. Do it.

Permanent public health emergency. What is the long term plan? Our current vaxxing target (or boosting, I lost track) is at 98% of the population. Soon we'll be at 105% and beyond. Then what? Edit: Reformulated for clarity (hopefully), quoting recent remarks by the President. Now that I read the transcript, the content is a bit muddy, but clearly he thinks 75% vaccination rate target is too small and 96/97/98 vaccination rate is laudable. https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2021/09/27/remarks-by-president-biden-while-receiving-a-covid-19-booster-shot https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/20... Q How many — how many Americans need to be vaccinated for us to go back to normal? Like what is the percentage of total vaccinations that have to be deployed? THE PRESIDENT: Well, I think — look, I think we get the vast majority — like is going on in so many — some industries and some schools — 96, 97, 98 percent. I think we’re getting awful close. But I’m not the scientist. I think — but one thing for certain: A quarter of the country can’t go unvaccinated and us not continue to have a problem.

caslon 5y ago
It's actually only around 60% of the nation that's got a single dose or more. We aren't anywhere close to 98%.
- mcguire 5y ago
  Specifically, 55.07% (fully) and 8.47% (partially). (https://ourworldindata.org/covid-vaccinations https://ourworldindata.org/covid-vaccinations)
- oyashirochama 5y ago
  He likely means the Adult and eligible population, we are close to 80% if not higher that has at least a single dose.
  - angelzen 5y ago
    I meant vaccination targets, according to recent remarks by the President. I edited the OP accordingly.
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munk-a 5y ago
This pandemic isn't a scenario in a board game where the rules are clear cut and easy to parse. A lot of the "wishy-washy"-ness that people attribute to the CDC is actually just them responding to the changing situation on the ground. People demand to know what percentage of the population needs to be vaccinated to return to normal so answers are given - but those answers will change as our understanding evolves. Vaccinations save lives - and not only your own. Do it.