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In reply to the discussion: Covid-19 cases are rising. States are opening up anyway. [View all]Shermann
(8,299 posts)30. Is the CDC still running simulations?
The MSM has been quiet about that. We used to get fatality projections a few months out.
I think it is more difficult to predict now than it was this time last year. Last year, it was basically the R-naught value against modest controls like masks. Now it is the R-naught value against the strong controls provided by the vaccines, however this is a large scale experiment never really done before in this way. Herd immunity is a big question mark in my mind.
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One thing to consider is the elderly are getting vaccinated so hopefully there will be less
mucifer
Mar 2021
#7
Perhaps you should read why Epidemiologists such as Dr. Eric Feigl-Ding are sounding alarms....
OhioChick
Mar 2021
#10
I was just posting that things would be worse if nothing there wasn't a vaccine and meds
mucifer
Mar 2021
#20
I agree...things are looking better. I will get my second shot on April 6th. Our family has been
Demsrule86
Mar 2021
#32
The OP never said she had little confidence in vaccines with the current variants.....
OhioChick
Mar 2021
#37
will we pay for people to stay home and businesses to close until "herd immunity"?
pstokely
Mar 2021
#52