Re:The end of the pandemic is near
by thomashop on Wednesday May 26, 2021 @06:09AM
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Don't we need to vaccinnate kids to reach herd immunity? Sure it doesn't make sense when you look at young people in isolation but that is beside the point.
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Not when you factor in immunity from recovered people.
If we get to 60% of the total population plus 25% of the rest being immune from recovery, that is 70% total.
The vaccines are not sterile, so they do not stop the spread either.
This statement makes no sense.
The mRNA vaccines are sterile; there's no active virus or bacteria in them. It's also conclusively determined they reduce transmission.
(The sterility of a vaccine has no impact on its ability to reduce transmission, anyways; they're not linked. Live-virus vaccines like the flu nasal spray vaccine can still prevent disease.)