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[deleted] t1_iuje3vf wrote

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PuzzledCactus t1_iujixz1 wrote

It does little to stop transmission with the newer variant, true. It does, however, a lot to stop fatal or long-term cases, though, which was literally the point.

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FunnymanCS t1_iuk405l wrote

It didn't even do that. Antivaxxers aren't having worse cases than those who are vaccinated.

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PuzzledCactus t1_iuk5sc2 wrote

Not in a person-to-person basis, obviously. Lots of people were having mild cases before, luckily. So it's also obvious that some people will continue to have mild or even asymptomatic cases without being vaccinated. But looking at the whole population, we can very clearly see how severe cases decreased from "enough to derail the healthcare system" to "pretty much no one".

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FunnymanCS t1_iuk7o9w wrote

Who's to say that the severity isn't less simply because of herd immunity?

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