Re:Israel may have achieved herd immunity against Covid-19
by rjsw on Thursday April 08, 2021 @01:01PM
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Probably also depends on whether they are getting the Orthodox population to vaccinate and social distance.
Re:Israel may have achieved herd immunity against Covid-19
by sharken on Thursday April 08, 2021 @10:11AM
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Also agree here, if the population is living under restrictions then a lower figure than expected could be true.
That number will be higher with no restrictions at all, due to more activity overall.
For me herd immunity is only a way to persuade politicians to remove all restrictions so that we can resume our lives.
And Corona vaccine passes do not have any place in this last scenario.
I agree with this part. My guess is that Israel is getting herd immunity at a lower overall immunization rate than expected because behavior is different too. There's still some amount of residual social distancing, social isolating, and so on. Plus whatever number of people didn't get a shot, but have some immunity from a previous (perhaps non-symptomatic) COVID infection.