Moderna Is About to Begin Trials for HIV Vaccine

Re:Moderna Is About to Begin Trials for HIV Vaccine by FartyMcFarter on Tuesday August 17, 2021 @12:06PM (#28211398)

Israel has vaccinated 60-70% of its population, which isn't enough for herd immunity.

As for your comment specifically, "the title is enough" isn't a very convincing argument for anything.

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Re:Moderna Is About to Begin Trials for HIV Vaccine by native_samples on Tuesday August 17, 2021 @01:52PM (#28212750)

That is the exact threshold that was previously being presented as good enough for herd immunity.

But herd immunity stats are all made up anyway. Fauci admitted the US value for herd immunity threshold was being picked based on opinion polling, not science.

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Re:Moderna Is About to Begin Trials for HIV Vaccine by lobocinza on Tuesday August 17, 2021 @11:44PM (#28217558)

It depends on effective R that is affected by a lot of dynamic factors like social distancing and R0 (new variants keep popping). Herd immunity for Covid is bullshit.

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