CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 days agoWhat to Know About Covid Vaccines This Fallwww.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up146arrow-down11
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minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·14 days agoVaccine efficacy depends on the number in the population who take the vaccine. I guess we learned really fuck all from 2020.
minus-squareCharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·14 days agoAlso, a certain portion of this population has been trained that “herd immunity” is some kind of slur that “THEY” use against the sheeple because it has the word “herd” in it.
minus-squareKnock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down6·14 days agoNo. Vaccine efficacy is only relevant to the person taking the vaccine. Reduction in viral transmission depends on what the population does, but in the case of covid that was better controlled by masks than vaccination.
Vaccine efficacy depends on the number in the population who take the vaccine. I guess we learned really fuck all from 2020.
Also, a certain portion of this population has been trained that “herd immunity” is some kind of slur that “THEY” use against the sheeple because it has the word “herd” in it.
No. Vaccine efficacy is only relevant to the person taking the vaccine.
Reduction in viral transmission depends on what the population does, but in the case of covid that was better controlled by masks than vaccination.