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Re:Covid vaccine: First ‘milestone’ vaccine offers 90% prote... by FalconSensei on Monday November 09, 2020 @01:19PM (#25037779)
Worked to slow down the spread, but not to catch all cases. Remember the gay pub in South Korea?

Many people are not going to say they cheated on their SOs, or went to a swing bar, or a gay pub.

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Re:Covid vaccine: First ‘milestone’ vaccine offers 90% prote... by landryraccoon on Monday November 09, 2020 @01:40PM (#25038055)
They didn't have to catch all cases. They reduced the fatality rate per capita by 90% compared to western countries. South Korea has less than 5% the cases per capita of the US.
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Re:Covid vaccine: First ‘milestone’ vaccine offers 90% prote... by FalconSensei on Tuesday November 10, 2020 @10:54PM (#25055348)
I was referring to the following (grand)parent:

> I think we can eradicate it by contact tracing.

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