Conspiracy theories about Covid-19 vaccines may prevent herd immunity

Re:Conspiracy theories about Covid-19 vaccines may prevent h... by tinus_hn on Sunday August 30, 2020 @05:46AM (#24322395)

I still don’t care. The herd immunity story only matters if for some reason a large amount of people has a valid reason why they can’t be vaccinated.

Any useful coronavirus vaccine has to work for the vulnerable people anyway, the old, the obese, the diabetics etcetera and these would be the people with a valid reason.

If these people can get vaccinated everyone can choose, get vaccinated or run the risk. I don’t care. And there is no herd immunity story.

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Re:Conspiracy theories about Covid-19 vaccines may prevent h... by jlokier on Monday August 31, 2020 @10:03AM (#24331533)

That is not how things actually work.

First, many people with relevant "underlying health conditions" don't know they have them yet.

The public warnings talk about visible things (obesity etc) because they are the only ones it is useful to publicise. It doesn't mean they are the only relevant conditions.

Second, Covid-19 strikes down many healthy people, and "long covid" is an awful long-term disability.

Third, vaccines aren't perfect at an individual level. Their use tips the balance to the disease dying out, but they don't confer perfect protection to every individual that is vaccinated. People still depend on each other, so herd immunity still matters.

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