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What did India do differently from what we (U.S., apologies to other nationals) have done that their cases are surging?
Are their vaccination rates that much lower?
Are they just more overcrowded?
Regarding masking and social distancing, it sure looks like U.S. is lowering its guard now.
because of those who choose not to be vaccinated here (they certainly have the right to decline, but still annoying and scary to those of us who got the shot or shots), now I am reading that U.S. may not reach “herd immunity”, and I am not sure it matters if the WORLD doesn’t reach herd immunity because any country of significant size that DOESN’T get there becomes the “petri dish” to breed vaccine resistant variants.
it looks like worldwide the number of daily new cases is about as high as it has ever been. I presume the probability of successful vaccine resistant strains is roughly proportional to the number of active cases, so it seems like we are far from being out of the woods at this point.
Are their vaccination rates that much lower?
Are they just more overcrowded?
Regarding masking and social distancing, it sure looks like U.S. is lowering its guard now.
because of those who choose not to be vaccinated here (they certainly have the right to decline, but still annoying and scary to those of us who got the shot or shots), now I am reading that U.S. may not reach “herd immunity”, and I am not sure it matters if the WORLD doesn’t reach herd immunity because any country of significant size that DOESN’T get there becomes the “petri dish” to breed vaccine resistant variants.
it looks like worldwide the number of daily new cases is about as high as it has ever been. I presume the probability of successful vaccine resistant strains is roughly proportional to the number of active cases, so it seems like we are far from being out of the woods at this point.
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