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Re:Covid vaccine: First ‘milestone’ vaccine offers 90% prote... by ulrikrasmussen on Monday November 09, 2020 @03:28PM (#25039484)
0.9^n are the odds where you all go and get exposed simultaneously. When a large enough portion of the population is vaccinated, that prior probability goes way down.
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Re:Covid vaccine: First ‘milestone’ vaccine offers 90% prote... by hinkley on Monday November 09, 2020 @04:20PM (#25040067)
Which is why I said,

> but at 90% that gets pushed off to "once most people get vaccinated"

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