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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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