Covid vaccine: First ‘milestone’ vaccine offers 90% protection

Re:Covid vaccine: First ‘milestone’ vaccine offers 90% prote... by rlt on Tuesday November 10, 2020 @03:18AM (#25043786)

> If we could get high compliance

For better or worse [1], complying with mass government orders is simply not part of the collective American psyche.

1. it still remains to be seen if this individualism and distrust of government is one of America’s greatest strengths, or its future downfall

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Re:Covid vaccine: First ‘milestone’ vaccine offers 90% prote... by maxerickson on Tuesday November 10, 2020 @06:47AM (#25044904)

Yes, I phrased it that way quite on purpose.

I'd prefer not to get Covid19, but the real worrying thing about it is the potential for a worse disease. Say it's almost as transmissible but much more deadly. How will we respond?

I'm sure many people would do more to protect themselves, but I wonder how deadly it would have to be for some people, and how deadly would it have to be to make community minded cooperation the obvious path (this is a reasonable description of mask wearing…).

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