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Originally Posted by iw8surf
Someone said this wont stop until we get a vaccine.... Well we cant even get people to give their kids "required" vaccines for school you think we will be able to the entire world to get a vaccine? Nope
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The people who don't get their kids vaccinated are very small extraordinarily gullible groups (spread across the political and socio-economic spectrum). A dim witted Hollywood actor or cult-like religious leader reads something from an internet quack, and then persuades his neighbors. These neighbors, like all young parents, are terrified of anything that hints at danger for their babies, so they vulnerable. The reason it gets press is that our herd immunity starts for fail when we fall below 90% compliance.
Also keep in mind that with covid, we are coming from the other direction in terms of the problem--we are not fighting to eradicate something very rare, such as measles or mumps; we are fighting to slow the spread of something rampant. So a vaccine that has a relatively low compliance rate will still help a lot.