Few random thoughts:
It’s time we acknowledge Covid is almost certainly here to stay and boosters are going to be a way of life.
Delta is too contagious, and too many YouTube Virologists, Facebook Pharmacists, and Parler Physicians in the US are refusing to get vaccinated. 1/X
It’s time we acknowledge Covid is almost certainly here to stay and boosters are going to be a way of life.
Delta is too contagious, and too many YouTube Virologists, Facebook Pharmacists, and Parler Physicians in the US are refusing to get vaccinated. 1/X
https://twitter.com/DaveVescio/status/1421993725744410624
It’s also not just about the United States — a worldwide goal of zero Covid just flat-out isn’t feasible at this point.
That’s not to say we shouldn’t try.
Unfortunately, the math isn’t in our favor. Also, the longer we delay, the more variants we’ll get. 2/X
That’s not to say we shouldn’t try.
Unfortunately, the math isn’t in our favor. Also, the longer we delay, the more variants we’ll get. 2/X
If we take Delta’s mean estimated r0 (6.5), that means every person infected with Delta, on average, infects 6.5 others.
Most experts put the required herd immunity threshold to combat something that contagious at roughly 85% vaccinated. 3/X
Most experts put the required herd immunity threshold to combat something that contagious at roughly 85% vaccinated. 3/X
We might get there eventually. Natural immunity might even prove to be more helpful than we think in getting there, but most experts are skeptical.
Covid, is not, in fact, going to “disappear like a miracle,” at least not anytime soon.
Get your damn vaccine. 4/X
Covid, is not, in fact, going to “disappear like a miracle,” at least not anytime soon.
Get your damn vaccine. 4/X
Seriously. Get your damn vaccine. It’s the single-best way to prevent hospitalization and death.
Pneumonia sucks. Covid pneumonia sucks more.
I’ve lost too many people—hell, I damn near lost my dad—to covid, and I’m SICK of the disinformation coming from the anti-vax crowd. 5/X
Pneumonia sucks. Covid pneumonia sucks more.
I’ve lost too many people—hell, I damn near lost my dad—to covid, and I’m SICK of the disinformation coming from the anti-vax crowd. 5/X
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