Shasta_man
Contributor
Did not watch the video yet, but I don't think many people realize that herd immunity just means that transmission slows to uninfected people because there are less of them, but to get there means many already got the virus and given the scale, as lexvil pointed out, millions of people die to get there.
I think people tend to think long term cure when they hear vaccine, but as pointed out, vaccine can be short term like the flu shot or longer term like polio. If it's short term, it's still possible to get it and be subject to the coin toss of dying from it.
The Jakarta article link was enlightening as well as SeaWardens comments. As even our NIH director mentioned the other day, politicizing public health issues and lack of positive leadership is blocking effective treatment or handling. It's also clear that we are reaping the benefits of years of idiots chipping away at the confidence in everything so people don't know who to trust and are ready to believe any crazy thing. We thought most people knew they were nuts but obviously more people listened than we thought. Somebody's SIG on here says something like "Don't underestimate the stupidity of people in large groups."
I think people tend to think long term cure when they hear vaccine, but as pointed out, vaccine can be short term like the flu shot or longer term like polio. If it's short term, it's still possible to get it and be subject to the coin toss of dying from it.
The Jakarta article link was enlightening as well as SeaWardens comments. As even our NIH director mentioned the other day, politicizing public health issues and lack of positive leadership is blocking effective treatment or handling. It's also clear that we are reaping the benefits of years of idiots chipping away at the confidence in everything so people don't know who to trust and are ready to believe any crazy thing. We thought most people knew they were nuts but obviously more people listened than we thought. Somebody's SIG on here says something like "Don't underestimate the stupidity of people in large groups."