I think we may be missing a point or two here. The idea is to minimise the number of people that get properly ill so we have the spare resources to cope with those that do. A second consideration is that by immunising the most at risk groups, the risk of contracting Covid is moved on to those who are also much less likely to get seriously ill, if at all. Hence vaccinate the old codgers and those with high exposure risks like health staff. Vaccinating the younger ones first means the chances of transmission stays the same but the people catching it a far more likely to be seriously ill.
The virus isn't going away, just like the common cold and influenza haven't gone away. we will have to learn to live with it as best we can. And we should expect the jabs to become an annual occurrence to keep up with mutations.
And infection rates and percentages mean nothing. The only real measure is the R number; keep that below 1 and we will be winning.
The virus isn't going away, just like the common cold and influenza haven't gone away. we will have to learn to live with it as best we can. And we should expect the jabs to become an annual occurrence to keep up with mutations.
And infection rates and percentages mean nothing. The only real measure is the R number; keep that below 1 and we will be winning.
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