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cyclogent said:
Suppose we only vaccinated front line healthcare, elderly, and immuno-compromised individuals...wouldn't that pretty much eliminate the vast majority of potential Covid-19 deaths?
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Most likely, assuming it has something like a 90% effectiveness rate, which is why it’s important to vaccinate these groups first. A young, healthy person in his 20s like myself should probably be about the last person to get it (from a public health perspective). The main benefit of someone like me getting it is just not to spread it to others, since my chances of dying from it are hardly statistically different than 0 and even the chances of long term complications are quite low.
 
cyclogent said:
Suppose we only vaccinated front line healthcare, elderly, and immuno-compromised individuals...wouldn't that pretty much eliminate the vast majority of potential Covid-19 deaths?
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They will likely mandate children have it before going to school since that is easy to enforce. They don't get the virus often but people are used to giving in to the immunization requirements.
 
EmersonGA said:
They will likely mandate children have it before going to school since that is easy to enforce. They don't get the virus often but people are used to giving in to the immunization requirements.
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I have feeling there will suddenly be alot more kids homeschooling too. Way too many people skeptical about this vaccine including me
 
ForsythSnow said:
I love how everyone just shouts conspiracy about a covid vaccine being close to completion post- election as if there wasn't already half a year+'s work put in by numerous companies to deal with it. If the science was in fact capable of developing it that fast you should all be happy it was accomplished by these companies, rather than shouting it's a political conspiracy that was aimed at removing the president. You're also acting like the extreme pressure and resistance was doing nothing. Those overseas protests? Yeah EU leaders typically just cave in to save their chances at re-election. On top of that, what do scientists who have constantly flipped on what to try to combat covid have to do with the US elections directly?
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When trump claimed a vaccine BEFORE election day it was celebrated......we knew one was close and trump tried to tout that. Now it's a few days later and everyone acts like this was some new breaking detail.
 
Dewpoint Dan said:
Is it correct to say that covid cases have gone up as mask usage has gone up ?
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Well, technically what you said is not saying covid rose BECAUSE OF the increased mask usage. They've gone up together but covid didn't increase due to increased mask usage. Mask usage likely up due to increased covid.
 
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Dewpoint Dan said:
Is it correct to say that covid cases have gone up as mask usage has gone up ?
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Sure seems that way, more people than ever wearing mask and numbers reaching record highs but how dare you come in here and question the mask.
 
GaWx said:
Well, technically what you said is not saying covid rose BECAUSE OF the increased mask usage. They've gone up together but covid didn't increase due to increased mask usage. Mask usage likely due to increased covid,
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Right i never said covid rose because of mask usage. I was just asking if covid cases increased at the same time while more people are wearing masks.
 
Dewpoint Dan said:
Is it correct to say that covid cases have gone up as mask usage has gone up ?
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Obviously, there were no masks in January and no covid-19. The more people that wear masks the faster it spreads. I think it's safe to say we need to stop wearing masks and go back to normal and it will just go away.
 
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