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Fauci says herd immunity could require nearly 90% to get coronavirus vaccine
Reuters ^ | December 24, 2020 | Jonathan Allen

Posted on 12/26/2020 11:34:30 AM PST by Hostage

ec 24 (Reuters) - Herd immunity against the novel coronavirus could require vaccination rates approaching as high as 90%, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the most prominent U.S. infectious disease expert, said in an interview published on Thursday.

More than 1 million Americans have received a first dose of a vaccine since Dec. 14, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, or only about 0.3% of the population.

Fauci, who is advising both President Donald Trump and President-elect Joe Biden on the pandemic, acknowledged that he had incrementally increased his estimates from earlier in the year, when he tended to say only 60% to 70% would need to be inoculated for herd immunity to be reached.

"We need to have some humility here," Fauci told the New York Times here. "We really don't know what the real number is. I think the real range is somewhere between 70 to 90 percent. But, I'm not going to say 90 percent."

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


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To: Hostage

Bs. This vaccine is how they are going to pay for the reset


21 posted on 12/26/2020 12:02:08 PM PST by HollyB
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To: jeffc

Fauci is a midget with a Napoleon complex (aka: Little Man’s Disease). Oh, and I have it on good authority that he has a micro penis that about the size of baby’s pinky.


22 posted on 12/26/2020 12:03:13 PM PST by Glide Plane
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To: Hostage

Good luck with that dickwad!


23 posted on 12/26/2020 12:07:19 PM PST by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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To: exnavy
"This is a plandemic. The plan is to kill off as many of us as possible."

To destroy the U.S. economy, steal an election, and blame it all on Donald Trump.

24 posted on 12/26/2020 12:09:44 PM PST by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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To: Hostage

The vaccine does not, as far as is known, prevent infection or transmission. This is undisputed and has been confirmed by the Surgeon General and head of Pfizer, among others. So planning on acquiring herd immunity through the ongoing vaccination is not scientific.


25 posted on 12/26/2020 12:14:09 PM PST by Stingray51 ( )
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To: Hostage

Fauci is the worst of the harlots. An actual scientist who has become seduced by power and celebrity. He is the epitome of power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

He should be run entirely out of the scientific community. A complete whore who draws on his credentials in order to spread falsehood.


26 posted on 12/26/2020 12:16:46 PM PST by gas_dr (Trial lawyers AND POLITICIANS are Endangering Every Patient in America: INCLUDING THEIR LIBERTIES)
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To: Hostage

Any public official making public pronouncements about the necessity of vaccines should be required to fully divulge their financial ties to the pharmaceutical industry!


27 posted on 12/26/2020 12:20:04 PM PST by the_Watchman
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To: Jim W N
What’s going to shut that guy up?

Getting his ass kicked.

I don't give a damn if he's 80. Kick his ass anyway.

28 posted on 12/26/2020 12:20:16 PM PST by AFB-XYZ (Option 1 -- stand up. Option 2 -- bend over.)
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To: Hostage

The FauChihuahua yaps again.


29 posted on 12/26/2020 12:22:23 PM PST by Migraine ( Liberalism is great (until it happens to YOU).)
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To: Hostage

Send HerrDoktor FauxiMengele to Florence supermax.


30 posted on 12/26/2020 12:26:33 PM PST by A strike (Add Roberts and Barr to the Gitmo list, maybe first.)
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To: Hostage

Fauxi spent his career trying to argue that we are all equally at risk from AIDS. And when Reagan rightfully spurned him, Fauxi burned and burned and plotted revenge.


31 posted on 12/26/2020 12:43:29 PM PST by StAnDeliver (Eric Coomer of Dominion Voting Systems Is The Blue Dress)
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To: Hostage

He’s making crap up again


32 posted on 12/26/2020 12:48:49 PM PST by madison10 (Maranatha!)
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To: libh8er

Still up his a$$


33 posted on 12/26/2020 12:49:52 PM PST by digger48
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To: Hostage
Did Fauci have a proctologist aid him in his research, or did he pull his numbers out of his ass all by himself?
34 posted on 12/26/2020 12:50:39 PM PST by KarlInOhio (The greatest threat to world freedom is the Chinese Communist Party and Joe Biden is their puppet.)
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To: Hostage

The virus burns through the youth population with barely a sniffle and then they are immune.


35 posted on 12/26/2020 12:54:36 PM PST by lurk ( )
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To: exnavy

True.

If only someone with authority and influence would come clean on this whole thing. Another roaring ‘20s would commence.

An increasing number of people are wise to exactly what’s going on and why.

The window of opportunity to turn this thing around (without blood) is rapidly closing.


36 posted on 12/26/2020 12:58:07 PM PST by Paulie (Better Dead than Red)
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To: Stingray51

“The vaccine does not, as far as is known, prevent infection or transmission.”

so what’s the great miracle of the vaccine?


37 posted on 12/26/2020 1:13:56 PM PST by MyDogAteMyBallot
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To: jeffc
He's looking for stats and nothing more. That's what he does. He does not create vaccines and he knows zip about this ne type of vaccine.

Bottom line...we're his lab rats.

38 posted on 12/26/2020 1:33:14 PM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: Hostage
The Blue Revolution that is going to sweep out Biden, Pelosi, Schumer, Hoyer in about 11 months is also going to show Fauxi the door.

His book won't sell and his talking tour will be cancelled. Because no one will want to relive his dystopian bs; but his family will have to live with his 'legacy'.

39 posted on 12/26/2020 1:34:44 PM PST by StAnDeliver (Eric Coomer of Dominion Voting Systems Is The Blue Dress)
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To: Hostage

Below is a link to an article that shows how to calculate herd immunity. It jives with a doctor I was listening to on YouTube. What he said made sense. A requirement for a herd immunity of 90% means that everyone in the society is interacting daily with every other member of the society. But that’s not what happens. As stated in the linked article, the requirement for herd immunity varies with the number and duration of social interactions an individual has. For some an immunity of 20% of the population is fine. For others it is 40%. So, we are basically needing to protect only the vulnerable, people who are older or who have co-morbidities.

https://reason.com/2020/05/15/whats-the-herd-immunity-threshold-for-the-covid-19-coronavirus/


40 posted on 12/26/2020 1:49:20 PM PST by Gen.Blather (Wait! I said that out loud? )
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