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Re:Alabama Had More Deaths Than Births in 2020 by _3u10 on Tuesday September 21, 2021 @11:23PM (#28612797)
In BC where I live we have 85% of people vaccinated. We are back in lockdown with mask mandates and vaccine passports.

They are still going on about the unvaccinated, there’s no such thing as herd immunity in the politics of COVID lockdowns.

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Re:Alabama Had More Deaths Than Births in 2020 by adgjlsfhk1 on Tuesday September 21, 2021 @11:35PM (#28612870)
Probably because those 15% of people are driving 50% or more of the spread. One of the reasons Delta is such a big deal is that it raised the herd immunity threshold from around 70% to around 95% (of 2 dose MRNA based, J&J wouldn't be strong enough to provide herd immunity if 100% of people had it).
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Re:Alabama Had More Deaths Than Births in 2020 by _3u10 on Tuesday September 21, 2021 @11:42PM (#28612910)
I’m sure they are… however…

Sweden has 65% vaccinated and no mask mandates or passports, or mandatory vaccines. It’s purely a political decision and nothing to do with this or that rate.

Previously BC had 1/10th of the infections no one vaccinated and we were open for business.

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