"How small are the chances of the average vaccinated American contracting Covid? Probably about one in 5,000 per day, and even lower for people who take precautions or live in a highly vaccinated community." @DLeonhardt:
nytimes.com/2021/09/07/bri…
nytimes.com/2021/09/07/bri…
"Here’s one way to think about a one-in-10,000 daily chance: It would take more than three months for the combined risk to reach just 1 percent."
"In Britain, many people have become comfortable w/ Covid risks. The vaccines make serious illness rare in adults, and the risks to young kids are so low Britain may never recommend that most receive vaccine. Letting the virus continue to dominate life, OTOH, has large costs..."
"...Our level of Covid anxiety is higher, especially in communities that lean to the left politically...At least one part of the American anxiety does seem to have become disconnected from the facts in recent weeks: the effectiveness of the vaccines."
Whole article worth reading.
Whole article worth reading.
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