New York Times article: Reaching herd immunity in the USA against Covid-19 unlikely to happen

[thewayne]

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

Comments

[thewayne]

Brazil recently rejected the Russian Sputnik vaccine, said their scientists weren't allowed into the production facility to inspect their site, and further claimed that the adenovirus wasn't inactivated.  So there's some interesting games afoot.  It's a good argument for using the chimpanzee adenovirus rather than a human one.  I'm just glad I got one of the mRNA vaccines. 

[rain_gryphon]

I'm well-pleased to live in America, where we have access to high quality, avante-garde vaccines. Of course, if Biden gets his way, and the vaccine companies' intellectual property becomes public domain, then it's debateable who, if anyone, will put forth such an effort when the next pandemic comes along.