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| Topic | CDC to again recommend everyone mask up in crowded public areas |
| Clench281 07/30/21 4:02:22 PM #98: | OhhhJa posted... With over 50 percent of the country being vaccinated, I find it hard to believe the vaccine is really all that effective with the recent surge we've had. Herd immunity has historically been around 70% vaccination and we're not that far from that figure It's demonstrably quite effective at reducing the occurrence of hospitalization and death from the Delta variant (varied, 90-99% depending on population looked at) based on vaccination status amongst those with severe covid, and likely highly effective at even preventing many symptomatic cases in day to day life (88% in a recent test-negative case-control study, though expectedly less effective when zooming in on a population from a large social gathering, e.g. today's CDC post regarding the "bear week" and other events in MA). Your opinion on the matter is irrelevant. Edited to correct and clarify --- Take me for what I am -- who I was meant to be. And if you give a damn, take me baby, or leave me. ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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