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In reply to the discussion: Vaccine is piling up in red states, as Republican anti-science threatens national health [View all]Celerity
(43,364 posts)29. Actually the variants R- noughts are 5.0 or over, so 80% at least is needed
Simple formula for herd immunity:
1 - 1/R- nought
So if 5.0 is thr R-nought
1 minus 1/5
Yields 4/5
.80
Expressed as a %, 80%
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Vaccine is piling up in red states, as Republican anti-science threatens national health [View all]
634-5789
Apr 2021
OP
I have a half-sister in Ole Miss, she's a Trumper through and through... no vaccine for her!!!!!!
secondwind
Apr 2021
#3
Twin Cities metro area could use some -- I'm 69 yo and can't get an appointment /nt
progree
Apr 2021
#10
This is true, Machiavellian as hell, but true. If no non QMAGAts died at all, then it might even be
Celerity
Apr 2021
#41
I am lucky to live in a nation where 91% will get the vax, 4% unsure, only 5% say no
Celerity
Apr 2021
#36