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uponit7771

(90,339 posts)
Thu Apr 15, 2021, 12:00 PM Apr 2021

If 194 million Americans have at least 1 shot of vaccine & numbers are going up then it ...

... it looks like they're going up among a smaller group of Americans.

194 million Americans have at least 1 shot of vaccine so far

https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#vaccinations

Looks like one shot of vaccine would give someone minimum 70% effective against symptoms

https://www.businessinsider.com/covid-vaccine-one-shot-effectiveness-pfizer-moderna-astrazeneca-vaccines-dose-2021-3

In states like Michigan someone should be hitting the panic button, those numbers in rural areas look tragic (under doses administered)

https://www.michigan.gov/coronavirus/0,9753,7-406-98178_103214-547150--,00.html

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If 194 million Americans have at least 1 shot of vaccine & numbers are going up then it ... (Original Post) uponit7771 Apr 2021 OP
Yes. And the smaller group is younger. Scrivener7 Apr 2021 #1
crap, I wouldn't want to be a long hauler with this virus. uponit7771 Apr 2021 #2
Oh, Lord. There are so many jobs that must be just terrifying. Thankfully most people CAN Scrivener7 Apr 2021 #3
From the link One great bit of info for people over 65 with one shot is 79%!! mucifer Apr 2021 #4

Scrivener7

(50,949 posts)
3. Oh, Lord. There are so many jobs that must be just terrifying. Thankfully most people CAN
Thu Apr 15, 2021, 12:09 PM
Apr 2021

get the vaccine now, so unless they're worried about Bill Gates tracking them(by a means other than that smart phone that they keep running all day long) they can make themselves safe.

But I have noticed too. I live in NY. The numbers got up to around 8-9000 per day and just hung there for WEEKS. It is terrifying. Finally they're dropping, but it took a long, long time.

mucifer

(23,542 posts)
4. From the link One great bit of info for people over 65 with one shot is 79%!!
Thu Apr 15, 2021, 12:11 PM
Apr 2021

Thanks for posting!

I understand more young people are getting sick. But, it would be way worse as far as hospitalizations and deaths if the older people didn't get higher number of vaccinations.

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