Re:What the Omicron wave is revealing about human immunity
by lamontcg on Thursday February 03, 2022 @09:16PM
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I said "if we had 100% of the population vaccinated we'd be done" and I meant it.
I didn't mean 90%.
If 5% of the population is susceptible that's enough to overload the hospital system during a wave. It really doesn't take much with this virus.
And Delta's transmissibility really destroyed the destroyed the notion of herd immunity. The correct number should be 100% vaccinated.
And its still 90% unvaccinated people filling up the hospitals, even though you're highly vaccinated.
Once you hit the hospital percentages matching the population percentages then the "natural immunity" enthusiasts will have finally all basically caught it sufficiently to gain immunity the hard way and it'll be done.
I didn't mean 90%.
If 5% of the population is susceptible that's enough to overload the hospital system during a wave. It really doesn't take much with this virus.
And Delta's transmissibility really destroyed the destroyed the notion of herd immunity. The correct number should be 100% vaccinated.
And its still 90% unvaccinated people filling up the hospitals, even though you're highly vaccinated.
Once you hit the hospital percentages matching the population percentages then the "natural immunity" enthusiasts will have finally all basically caught it sufficiently to gain immunity the hard way and it'll be done.