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I don't really get the example of being able to work from home, but I would expect differences are extremely regional/national. In some countries there's a for

I don't really get the example of being able to work from home, but I would expect differences are extremely regional/national. In some countries there's a formal labor law for doctors notes after X days that is known by all and which might mean your doctor checks and registers the case(?) in other places it is total discretion if a manager demands a note but rarely does in places that aren't shift work oriented.

Scene_Cast2 5y ago
With the WFH example - suppose that 1) WFH is issued by companies as a blanket policy (different from 2-week isolation from getting sick) 2) people who get the vaccine tend to be the ones that WFH, and 3) WFH allows for less exposure. In that case, the people who get the vaccine tend to have less exposure and fewer chances to get sick, regardless of vaccine efficacy.
- smorgusofborg 5y ago
  There's definite vaccine rate differences in industries, but much of that might be largely explained by age demographics of industries.. Given two people who WFH the vaccinated one can conveniently eat in a restaurant and go to the gym while the unvaccinated needs to get take out or is getting regular tests. I think vaccinated people have much more interaction with the virus unmasked in an indoor environment but much less likelihood of ever being tested when having light or no symptoms.
rsynnott 5y ago
> I don't really get the example of being able to work from home, but I would expect differences are extremely regional/national. In some countries (the US is an example); there's a social class aspect to vaccination; highly educated people are more likely to be vaccinated, and also more likely to work from home. However, if this was a big factor you'd expect vaccines to appear dramatically less effective in near-universal-vaccination countries, like Portugal. That doesn't seem to be the case.

Scene_Cast2 5y ago

With the WFH example - suppose that 1) WFH is issued by companies as a blanket policy (different from 2-week isolation from getting sick) 2) people who get the vaccine tend to be the ones that WFH, and 3) WFH allows for less exposure. In that case, the people who get the vaccine tend to have less exposure and fewer chances to get sick, regardless of vaccine efficacy.

smorgusofborg 5y ago
There's definite vaccine rate differences in industries, but much of that might be largely explained by age demographics of industries.. Given two people who WFH the vaccinated one can conveniently eat in a restaurant and go to the gym while the unvaccinated needs to get take out or is getting regular tests. I think vaccinated people have much more interaction with the virus unmasked in an indoor environment but much less likelihood of ever being tested when having light or no symptoms.

rsynnott 5y ago

> I don't really get the example of being able to work from home, but I would expect differences are extremely regional/national. In some countries (the US is an example); there's a social class aspect to vaccination; highly educated people are more likely to be vaccinated, and also more likely to work from home. However, if this was a big factor you'd expect vaccines to appear dramatically less effective in near-universal-vaccination countries, like Portugal. That doesn't seem to be the case.