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Re:The UK’s delta surge is collapsing by outworlder on Monday August 02, 2021 @07:34PM (#28044053)
We have to err on the side of saving lives, not speculation. Over 2 billion humans have been vaccinated so far, and rising.

What's the worst case scenario here?

Re:The UK’s delta surge is collapsing by aristophenes on Tuesday August 03, 2021 @07:34AM (#28047991)
That by not focusing on vaccinating only the most vulnerable, we are just selecting for strains that the vaccines are not effective against.
Re:The UK’s delta surge is collapsing by wizzwizz4 on Tuesday August 03, 2021 @08:50AM (#28048527)
And selection is useless if the “gene pool” is small enough that the selection pressure just eradicates the disease entirely. If we get the R number to something like ⅒ and hold it there for a few months? Disease eradicated, job done, everybody goes home.
Re:The UK’s delta surge is collapsing by mrhands69 on Monday August 02, 2021 @07:50PM (#28044170)
Because lockdowns are detrimental to society (mental health, division, etc). Why can't we take a level headed approach. It seems like our approaches don't take into any consideration past experiences with similar viruses, or leverage data. We have a lot more data this time around.