Re:Covid-19 Vaccinations in the United States
by surfmike on Tuesday December 29, 2020 @03:31AM
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Right, I think parent isn’t talking about slowing the spread, but fatality rate in isolation. Since the deaths are highly concentrated in older people, once they’re all vaccinated then COVID will, on average, be much less lethal and there will be much less pressure on ICU beds.
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Re:Covid-19 Vaccinations in the United States
by throwaway189262 on Tuesday December 29, 2020 @03:51AM
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Yes I was probably too handwavey about it but that's exactly what I meant.
Once the vulnerable are vaccinated, hospitalization and fatality rates will plummet rapidly. Even if infection rates get far worse hardly anyone (relatively) will die. It will be COVID lite, more like a bad flu season