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Please actually post arguments and not just dismissals. Nobody in this conversation is anti-vaxx, but this fantasy of "If we vaccinate X more, covid will not be
by vorpalhex 5y ago
Please actually post arguments and not just dismissals. Nobody in this conversation is anti-vaxx, but this fantasy of "If we vaccinate X more, covid will not be a problem" simply does not align with reality. The vaccines are effective, but they are not flawless, and we are dealing with a very high R0 disease that is changing.
- somewhereoutth 5y agoExcept that the problem is exactly the unvaxxed. When we have 100% coverage of all age groups, with boosters as necessary (let's hope for continuing good data from Israel), then we can suppress Covid. Vaccination is something that everyone has to do for the sake of everyone, which sadly is a somewhat alien concept in certain parts of our society.
- vorpalhex 5y agoWhen we have 100% coverage of all age groups.. we will still have covid hospitalizations. We will still have covid spread. We may still even sometimes need to wear masks and have lockdowns. You should still get vaccinated and get boosters, but no vaccination rate is going to make this go away anymore than the flu shot has eliminated the flu.
- belltaco 5y agoThe difference is that the load on hospitals will be far lower, which means better care for people that are hospitalized for covid, and people who need to be in the hospitals for other reasons.
- primitivesuave 5y agoUnfortunately, this may have been true in 2020, but at this point the rate of SNPs (mutations) creating VoCs (variants of concern), plus the break-through infection rate, strongly suggest that no level of herd immunity (even 100%) will lead to suppression. At this point we'd all be better off focusing on ways to slow the spread. https://cov-lineages.org/lineage_list.html https://cov-lineages.org/lineage_list.html