Fauci continues to keep the fear high.
Link: https://nypost.com/2020/11/15/social-distancing-masks-necessary-after-getting-vaccine-fauci/?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_medium=SocialFlow&utm_source=NYPTwitter
If I heard right, it's not enough that the vaccine could be 90% effective...it matters 'how many people actually get vaccinated'. The medical community would like to see something on the order of at least 60-70% of the population inoculated, however, right now that seems to be the percentage of Americans who DON'T want to get vaccinated. Additionally, there needs to be a well-functioning test/contact tracing system in place.
btw...for comparison, the Measles Vaccine is 99% effective and a sufficient percentage of the population gets inoculated, so even though it has a "Contagion Factor ('R-naught)" on the order of 18 (very high) we are all able to go about our normal lives. COVID-19 has R0 factor near 5.7, I believe, so if we work hard at mitigation and all get the vaccine, we'll get through this.
Given the circumstances, Fauci is being the outstanding medical professional and saying what needs to be said...not just what the "patient" wants to hear.
Things are going to get better...let's just trust in the Rx...mitigate, get the vaccine and tell all your family and friends to do the same.
CDC's best current estimate is 2.5
I used for my original post, but I've just Googled another which cites the "possibility" of R0 being as high as 5.7. As the article mentions, anything over 1.0 is a cause for concern, so even a score of 2.5 doesn't change the "Prescription" for action...wouldn't you agree?
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Link: CDC's best R-naught estimate is 2.5
the use of masks, distancing, etc., when a vaccine was on the horizon. The purpose of my comment was to make clear that just having a highly effective medication means nothing if a significant majority of the population doesn't use it. Again, my ID Doc relative pointed out that medical professionals are worried that too many Americans won't "sign up"...turns out that the original poster is vocally against getting the vaccine.
If we fall short of the 60-70% threshold, we'll be stuck in 'Pandemic Land' for the foreseeable future, instead of getting our economy and social lives back to normal.
BTW, the intent of using "R0" was to show that even with a highly infectious disease like Measles (R0 = ~12-18), with a very good vaccine (99%) and widespread usage, we can indeed get back to normal...just trying to be encouraging.
Finallly, the vaccine won't be available to the general public for several months and meanwhile it is now raging through the midwest, among other sectors, and causing hospitals to be literally overrun...squeezing out care for heart attacks, cancer and bowel obstructions, while doctors and nurses work to exhaustion and COVID patients die in hallways. We need to stay focused and vigilant wrt masks, hand washing, distancing, etc.. Depending on the success of the vaccination program, we just might have to continue with masking, et al, until testing and contact tracing show that the "All Clear" signal can be raised.
Make any sense to you?
P.S. How did you like the Masters? (I'm a golf lover...marshaled for the U.S. Open)
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Vaccines,quoting discredited MSM narratives,that stuff fools the dumb downed masses,Do some research on DrFakey,Bill Gates
Nonsense
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Never understood the objection to either.
To each his own. But that seems silly to me.
How many people to have over for the holidays and how to behave during those meals.
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