Re:Vaccine hopes rise as Oxford jab prompts immune response ...
by CyanLite2 on Monday October 26, 2020 @12:05PM
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There's a protective effect of 'herd immunity'. E.g., if we vaccinate all the ordinarily healthy people, then it should slow spread to better protect the at-risk groups. Sort of counter-intuitive, but it buys us time until we can figure out if this vaccine is safe for those groups.
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Re:Vaccine hopes rise as Oxford jab prompts immune response ...
by dragontamer on Monday October 26, 2020 @02:17PM
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Case in point: Doctors and first responders should be immune before treating the sick.
Doctors can get COVID then spread it to their patients. A vaccine, even just for healthy people, would negate this chain of events.