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Re:Vaccinated Americans now may go without masks in most pla... by koonsolo on Friday May 14, 2021 @02:43AM (#27151455)
> Is the curve not flat?

Yes, thanks to all the regulations.

> How much flatter do you want it to be before returning to normal life?

When returning to normal life, you want to curve to stay flat. So when a majority of people are vaccinated.

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Re:Vaccinated Americans now may go without masks in most pla... by cromka on Friday May 14, 2021 @02:53AM (#27151518)
> Yes, thanks to all the regulations.

No. That was months ago. What about those with vaccination or reconvalescence immunity? Those don't affect the curve?

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Re:Vaccinated Americans now may go without masks in most pla... by scrollaway on Friday May 14, 2021 @05:34AM (#27152449)
A majority of people ARE vaccinated in the US. And you're vaccinating over 1% more per day. Don't undersell yourselves.
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Re:Vaccinated Americans now may go without masks in most pla... by codingdave on Friday May 14, 2021 @07:22AM (#27153041)
36.3% are fully vaccinated. It is great progress. But it is not a majority.
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Re:Vaccinated Americans now may go without masks in most pla... by greedo on Friday May 14, 2021 @10:59AM (#27154997)
Currently 46.6% of the population. Over 2m/day on average being vaccinated.
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Re:Vaccinated Americans now may go without masks in most pla... by totalZero on Saturday May 15, 2021 @04:38AM (#27163498)
NB: codingdave is referring to fully vaccinated individuals, while greedo is referring to individuals with at least one shot. Both are correct.

https://www.mayoclinic.org/coronavirus-covid-19/vaccine-trac...

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Re:Vaccinated Americans now may go without masks in most pla... by jen20 on Saturday May 15, 2021 @08:03AM (#27164453)
@scrollaway is most definitely _not_ correct however, since no number below 50% is “a majority” of the population by definition, and regardless that is not a sufficient number to deliver value in the form of herd immunity via vaccine.
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