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> I'm glad my parents' and grandparents' generations didn't share this attitude That's not an attitude, but a conclusion that is based on what we know about th
by ls15 5y ago
> I'm glad my parents' and grandparents' generations didn't share this attitude
That's not an attitude, but a conclusion that is based on what we know about the virus and the vaccines.
Smallpox, polio and measles can practically be eradicated with vaccines, while SARS-CoV-2 cannot, at least not with the existing vaccines. It is also important to look at the fatality rates and other risk factors. Denmark has decided that SARS-CoV-2 is not a threat for the society anymore and lifted all mandates. Not because they don't value life, but because they value life.
- mpweiher 5y agoDenmark has a vaccination rate of 81% The US has a vaccination rate of 65% That doesn't seem so different. But of course it is the unvaccinated rate that counts. 9% in Denmark. 35% in the US. So almost 4x higher in the US. Denmark has had 667 deaths per million, the US has had 2711. So Denmark has a good case for dropping restrictions. (And of course people will reverse the causality on this and claim that "hey Denmark opened, and has much lower fatality rate...")
- ls15 5y ago> (And of course people will reverse the causality on this and claim that "hey Denmark opened, and has much lower fatality rate...") Maybe because the causality is not so clear: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/covid-vaccinations-vs-covid-death-rate?country=ITA~USA~JPN~ISR~URY~GRC~DNK~ZAF~EGY~UKR~RUS~BRA https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/covid-vaccinations-vs-cov...