NY Governor Cuomo announced that when 70% of NY'ers have received at least one shot of the COVID vaccine he will lift "virtually all" COVID related restrictions. Currently NY is at 68.6 percent:
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Gov. Cuomo: COVID restrictions will be lifted when 70 percent of New Yorkers are vaxed
Gov. Andrew Cuomo promised that he will lift “virtually all” COVID-19-related restrictions once 70 percent of New York State residents have received a jab.nypost.com
Possibly NY is opening up because of the one shot percentage combined with the fully vaccinated numbers as well. Which may not really matter because the CDC recently posted that with at least one shot of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine the effective rate was 81%. All good news across the board:Hard to believe but Quebec is at 72.8 according to this
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As Quebec vaccinations rise, health authorities open small clinics to improve access to Montreal communities
Over 75 percent of adult Quebecers have received one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. But in some areas of Montreal and Laval, that number isn't quite as high.montreal.ctvnews.ca
Possibly NY is opening up because of the one shot percentage combined with the fully vaccinated numbers as well. Which may not really matter because the CDC recently posted that with at least one shot of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine the effective rate was 81%. All good news across the board:
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New data from CDC on effectiveness of Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines
Researchers in the United States have conducted a study demonstrating the real-world effectiveness of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines at preventing infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).www.news-medical.net
Found this one interesting. I was thinking about the people who have gotten COVID, survived it, and have developed the antibodies naturally. Looks like the Delta variant is so easily spread that many of the un vaccinated with help with getting closer to heard immunity. Me, I would rather be vaccinated, but it looks like herd immunity may happen with or without it:
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Delta Variant Could Push U.S. Covid Immunity To 85%, Says Former FDA Head
Though it "could be a little worse," the physician predicted Covid will effectively act as a "second circulating flu" this winter.www.forbes.com
First and foremost, I didn't interview Dr. Gotlieb, I just posted something that I thought was interesting. There are people out there that will not get vaccinated and will get COVID. These are the folks that will as you say "die in the process". that's their choice.I wonder how this will work.
Something like 58% of Americans are double vaccinated. To get to 85% you need another 27%
If 27% needs to catch it to get to herd immunity, how many people die in the process ?
Currently the 600,000 that died were after 10% of the population caught it. What would 27% of Americans catching it look like ?
I know, I know,... of the 27% some have already caught it. But science tells us the antibodies are there for months, not forever.
They do believe 99% of the people that will die moving forward will be unvaccinated. Too bad something so preventable will happen.
Yes I put info on vaccine's thread.They do believe 99% of the people that will die moving forward will be unvaccinated. Too bad something so preventable will happen.
Border restrictions, at least for Canadians are starting to ease up a little with more reopening plans in the coming weeks:
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Article was more about easing the restrictions for Canadian travelers. But I get it, cue up the Debbie Downer music, always negative.He has said several time that the 75% double dose is his metric for the US border.
Yesterday he was talking "weeks"
Article was more about easing the restrictions for Canadian travelers. But I get it, cue up the Debbie Downer music, always negative.