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New York Times article: Reaching herd immunity in the USA against Covid-19 unlikely to happen
I was feeling this in my bones with the rate of vaccination declining and the growing opposition against vaccination, not to mention the rising number of variations.
Personally, I have no problem with getting an annual Covid vaccination, I can accept that. I really hate the possibility of always having a mask around my neck and pulling it up every time I go on the floor and into the stacks. Plus, one of my student workers won't get vaccinated, she "has convictions". I wonder if she has convictions against polio and tetanus, or if she's in favor of them. At least she'll complete her education at some point and leave.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/03/health/covid-herd-immunity-vaccine.html
https://science.slashdot.org/story/21/05/03/167239/reaching-herd-immunity-is-unlikely-in-the-us-experts-now-believe
Personally, I have no problem with getting an annual Covid vaccination, I can accept that. I really hate the possibility of always having a mask around my neck and pulling it up every time I go on the floor and into the stacks. Plus, one of my student workers won't get vaccinated, she "has convictions". I wonder if she has convictions against polio and tetanus, or if she's in favor of them. At least she'll complete her education at some point and leave.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/03/health/covid-herd-immunity-vaccine.html
https://science.slashdot.org/story/21/05/03/167239/reaching-herd-immunity-is-unlikely-in-the-us-experts-now-believe
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The sad thing is that if the India variation gets here, a lot of people are gonna die. Very virulent, very deadly. And eventually it will probably arrive. Our governor (NM) says a lot of restrictions will be lifted if we hit 60% vaccination rate, we're just over 50% with at least one shot, 30~% fully vaccinated.