Post #52667 by Dope1 on the US Policy board

Halls of Shrewd'm / US Policy ❤

Unthreaded | Threaded | Whole Thread (24)

Post New | Post Reply | Report Post | Recommend It!

No. of Recommendations: 3

Though there are multiple factors involved in disease transmission, the most important factor is the percentage of the population that is vaccinated. And that is within our ability to control.

No.
What matters is the percentage of the population that’s reasonably resistant or immune to the disease. He assumption you’re making is that the only possible way to get there is to for everyone to line up and get the shot.

Diseases and illnesses live on a spectrum. Take smallpox - it’s deadly enough that we don’t want it around. Get the shot - any risks are outweighed by the benefits.

With COVID, now mutated to less destructive variants, that’s no longer necessary.

Post New | Post Reply | Report Post | Recommend It!

Print the post

Unthreaded | Threaded | Whole Thread (24)

Prev | Next

Announcements

US Policy FAQ

Contact Shrewd'm
Contact the developer of these message boards.

A community forum supporting civilized, and highly helpful, self-educating investors that come together for Shrewdness and merry spirits. These message boards closely follow the look and feel of the old message boards at boards.fool.com prior to the boards redirected to discussion.fool.com. Shrewd'm is not affiliated with the comprehensive and excellent investment website, The Motley Fool (TMF), in any way. The Shrewd commmunity here has owed, and continues to owe, gratitude to The Motley Fool for nurturing a culture of jovial irreverence towards Wall St, and that tradition will continue here.