Posted on May 18, 2021
It's Time For America's Fixation On Herd Immunity To End, Scientists Say
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It looks like we might give up on the idea of herd immunity. Too many people are against vaccination. We are quickly entering the realm of anyone in the US who wants it, likely has it. We are not going to force people to get it as we believe in bodily autonomy (at least the people who are for a person’s right to chose are).
We may just have to loosen restrictions and those who don’t have the vaccine just need to take their chances. It’s not an optimal solution, ten years from now if we are still dealing with variants we will likely wonder if we couldn’t have eradicated it in the US. Also, some who can’t get the vaccine will be put in risk by those who chose not to, but I think this is where we are.
We may just have to loosen restrictions and those who don’t have the vaccine just need to take their chances. It’s not an optimal solution, ten years from now if we are still dealing with variants we will likely wonder if we couldn’t have eradicated it in the US. Also, some who can’t get the vaccine will be put in risk by those who chose not to, but I think this is where we are.
It's Time For America's Fixation On Herd Immunity To End, Scientists Say
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If vaccination works we'll just end up seeing outbreaks in rural america. However in the start most rural areas had the least amount of cases. What will be an issue is tourism and travel.
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SPC Kevin Ford
PFC (Join to see) Rural areas are trailing indicators. That is to say the less travel in and out of an area and the sparser the population, the longer it will take COVID to take hold. I suspect some of those areas with low vaccination density will eventually see outbreak. Not much to be done as we can’t (shouldn’t really) force people to get vaccinated.
I also suspect those who want to travel outside the US will have problems if not vaccinated.
I also suspect those who want to travel outside the US will have problems if not vaccinated.
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LTC Eugene Chu
SPC Kevin Ford - Since you mention disparities between urban and rural areas of the U.S.
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/05/18/covid-vaccine-cdc-study-finds-disparities-in-coverage-between-rural-and-urban-areas.html
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/05/18/covid-vaccine-cdc-study-finds-disparities-in-coverage-between-rural-and-urban-areas.html
CDC study finds disparities in Covid vaccine rates between rural and urban areas
A CDC study found a lower percentage of adults in rural counties who received at least one shot than in urban counties, at 38.9% and 45.7%, respectively.
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SPC Kevin Ford
LTC Eugene Chu - There is a correlation there, I suspect, between political ideologies and those areas. That was always a large danger from the politicization of COVID.
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