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Originally Posted by Shaun
I can understand reluctance with the vaccine in the terms of it supposedly only being effective on 90% of the population... but otherwise I don't see any room for scepticism. Has there ever even been a case of a vaccine being rushed out with adverse side effects? Certainly never on this scale, but even on a smaller one?
(And please don't unleash the anti-vaxxers, I'm open to real concerns but not going down the road of GOVERNMENT CHIPS, BLEACHING OUR DNA, EVERYONE GETS AUTISM hysteria)
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90% effectiveness is actually quite high, despite what anti-anti-vax propaganda would have you believe (i.e. that 99%+ effectiveness is normal).
Anything over 70% should be good enough to trigger herd immunity, as it will push the R easily to under 1 which should be enough for the rest to more or less take care of itself. In theory.
Anything over 50% should also work, if combined with continued basic social distancing and hygiene measures.