Multiple medical authorities believe the population’s vaccination rate may need to approach or exceed 90% in order to reach an optimal level of protection against COVID-19.
The prominence of the delta variant of the virus has further increased the urgency for people to get vaccinated, the officials told USA Today in a report published Sunday.
“What we’ve learned with delta and looking beyond delta, is … to give you that true population-level protection, you need to be in excess of 90%,” Tom McCarthy of the Rhode Island Department of Health told the newspaper.
A similar sentiment was shared by Dr. Eric Topol of the Scripps Research group.
“Now we need 85 to 90% vaccinated against delta,” Topol told USA Today.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious diseases expert, had contended in May that another surge in the fall could be prevented if 70% of the population got vaccinated by July 4.
About 56.5% of the United States is fully vaccinated against COVID-19, according to statistics compiled by John Hopkins University. More than 185 million Americans are fully vaccinated.
More than 12 million people in New York are fully vaccinated, which accounts for 63.74% of the population.
Americans aged 12 and up are currently eligible to get vaccinated.
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Why aren’t survivors of Covid not counted in the vaccinated? Is it because there is not money involved with it?
Or, no control of the population under the guise of divide and conquer.
NOR is there any capacity to BULLY FOLKS, if they admit natural immunity is as good/better than being shot up.
Straight to hell with your dirty filthy vaccines you wicked devil’s children.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious diseases expert,
He is only one of the nation’s Top LIARS and Propaganda artist and spreaders.
He’s more of a mass murderer than bundy, manson, the BTK killer, the alphabet killer, and the rest, combined.
Does anybody at all know what they are doing in regard to COVID? Those in positions of authority tell us one thing, others in the SCIENTIFIC community say somethin else. Authority attempts to stifel others and no debate ensues. Authority changes its mind accepting other but events have already moved past that to a different level. Still there has never been an open discussion or debate on the efficacy of regulations or treatment which is the hallmark both of science (the scientific method) and the society that is based on the premise of liberty and the free expression of ideas not totalitarian fiat!
So, what EXACTLY is the GOP doing about these unlawful and unconstitutional COVID mandates? Nothing. That’s why I withdrew membership from the (so-called) Republican Party.
Nothing “republican” about it – their response to democrat totalitarianism is democrat totalitarianism-lite. I’m glad I swallowed the red pill.
SO what party are you now? Independent?