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From NYT:Dr. Anthony Fauci said that at least 75 percent of society would need to take the Covid-19 vaccine, even if it had 95 percent efficacy, before it was safe to stop wearing masks and social distancing.
Did he explain that better?I mean .. say my family gets the vaccine, two shots, and yeah, wait a month for it to reach full efficacy.We could be exposed to the virus and our immune system would fight it with ~90% effectiveness. Pretty good odds we don't get sick, nor spread the virus further.What would be the purpose for wearing masks after a full dose of the vaccine?
I think the misunderstanding is that you still get sick when you have a vaccine, your body just knows how to fight off the infection. You can still be an asymptomatic spreader if you're vaccinated.
Isn't more that they don't know if you can be an asymptomatic spreader versus "you can...".Hopefully they study this with the trial group and have a stronger POV by the time everyone is lining up for the vaccine.
You're right, the vaccine could be 100% effective. Unlikely but possible.
If you have had it, do you give up your place in line? I know I am going to be offered the vaccine in the next 3 months. Will the vaccine double down on protection? Which will provide longer protection?My instinct is to move back in the line.
Educators should be next up after healthcare and emergency services.
I think the first after healthcare and emergency services should be the less obvious 'essential' workers who really are essential for our basic day-to-day survival, like grocery store clerks, food production and delivery personnel, people who maintain our utilities, etc.Educators are critically important for society and should be in the next group, but they aren't as immediately necessary for our basic day-to-day survival as people who give us access to food, water, heat, etc.
Nah. Education.You can shop while distancing with masks and be safe.
How much spread has been in schools by teachers? My wife is an elementary teacher. There has been no psread that she knows of in school. All come from outside activities (dance teams going to tournaments and hanging out with several other teams inside for 6-8 hours).Hopefully the research is being done to figure this out. Maybe it is teachers and our district is the exception.Whatever it is it will be good to start getting people vaccinated and getting back to normal slowly
Studies are finally coming out that state the obvious: Schools reopening is dramatically increasing the R0 of coronavirus when analyzing the impact of 790 'phases' across 131 countries> Reopening schools was associated with a 24-per-cent increase in R after 28 days, although the researchers cautioned they were unable to account for different precautions some countries implemented for reopening schools, such as limiting class sizes, social distancing, cleaning, personal hygiene, face masks, and temperature checks.The article: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/coronavirus-r-rate-school-closures-lockdown-lancet-study-b1251617.htmlThe study: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(20)30785-4/fulltext
But those people are really just minimum wage workers, they should just be happy they have jobs.Not to mention, what are their supervisors supposed to bet on if the COVID risk decreases?...this doesn't actually need teal does it?
A new Gallup poll shows Americans' willingness to get Covid vaccine is increasing...from 50% in September to 58% in late October. And this was before Pfizer and Moderna both showed high effectiveness and a low level of side effects.https://news.gallup.com/poll/325208/americans-willing-covid-vaccine.aspxThere are probably lots of reasons for the increase, from the fall surge to the economic toll of the pandemic. For me though, it's largely two things: (1) the fact that the companies seem to be following a more realistic timeline than the ones hailed by the Administration a few months ago (respecting science over politics?); and (2) the fact that two companies making the same type of vaccine (both Pfizer and Moderna use mRNA) showed very similar results. It also helps that the rollout will be more gradual than the Administration predicted...meaning that average, relatively healthy middle aged guys like me probably won't have access until late spring or early summer. By then, researchers will know even more about possible long-term side effects, since it will be several months post-vaccination for the clinical trial participants.